Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.)DC.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Desmodium Desv.
Tribe: Desmodieae
References: [1915][1243][210][453][1056]

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Other names:

• Desmodium purpureum (Miller)Fawcett & Rendle [Synonym] [1472][1470][1442][1414][1409][1243][1222][1179][1056][1645]
  
• Hedysarum purpureum Miller [Synonym] [1414][1470][1442][1430][1645][1243][1179][1409]
  
• Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. [Synonym] [1414][1915][1470][1430][1645][1409][1243][1179][1056]
  
• Meibomia purpurea (Miller)Small [Synonym] [1645][1442][1430][1409][1243]
  
• Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.)Kuntze [Synonym] [1645][1442][1430][1414][1409][1243]
  

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Common Names:

• Amor Seco [1409]
  
• Beggarweed [1790]
  
• Cadillo [1430]
  
• Cadillo Pegajoso [1430]
  
• Florida Beggarweed [210]
  
• Junquillo [1430]
  
• Mozote [1645]
  
• Sweetheart [1790]
  
• Tick Trefoil [1430]
  
• Twisted Tick Trefoil [2153]
  
• Zarzabacoa Junquillo [1430]
  
• Zarzabacoa Tortuosa [1430]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [1243]
  
• Forage [236]
  
• Weed [1919]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [561]
  • Angola-ISO [216]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [212]
  • Chad [64]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [8]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [8]
  • Malawi [237]
  • Mali [561]
  • Mozambique [237]
  • Nigeria [8]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [217]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • South Africa [8]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [236]
  • Zambia [237]
  • Zimbabwe [237]

• Asia [1179] [1914] [1915]
  • China [1179]
  • India-ISO [1914]
  • Irian Jaya [1915]

• Australasia [261] [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • Northern Territory [1880]
    • Queensland [1880]
    • Western Australia [1880]
  • Papua New Guinea [261]

• Caribbean [453] [1056] [1339] [1409] [1430] [1470] [1790] [2157]
  • Antigua-Barbuda [1790]
  • Bahamas [2157]
  • Barbados [1790]
  • Cayman Is [453]
  • Cuba [1409]
  • Dominica [1790]
  • Dominican Republic [2157]
  • Grenada [1790]
  • Guadeloupe [1790]
  • Haiti [2157]
  • Jamaica [1056] [1339] [1470]
  • Martinique [1790]
  • Montserrat [1790]
  • Netherlands Leeward Is [1790]
  • Puerto Rico [1430]
  • St Lucia [1790]
  • St Martin-St Barthelemy [1790]
  • St Vincent [1790]

• Central America [1117] [1188] [1460] [1470] [1714] [1790] [2156] [2233]
  • Belize [1242] [1645]
  • Costa Rica [1367]
  • El Salvador [2156]
  • Guatemala [1645]
  • Honduras [2233]
  • Mexico(North & Central) [1460] [1470] [1714] [1790]
  • Mexico(South East) [1117] [1188] [1460] [1470]
  • Nicaragua [2233]
  • Panama [1222] [1224] [1243] [1645]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [1982]
  • Madagascar [1982]
  • Mauritius [1915]
  • Reunion [1915]

• North America
  • United States [1056] [1194] [1430] [1431] [1442] [1470] [1645] [1714]

• Pacific Ocean [261] [1939] [2235] [2264]
  • Bismarck Archipelago [261]
  • Fiji [2264]
  • Gilbert Is [2235]
  • Hawaii [1939]

• South America [210] [2233] [2285]
  • Argentina [2233]
  • Bolivia [1289]
  • Brazil [1194] [1414] [1442]
  • Colombia [1292]
  • Ecuador [2233]
  • Paraguay [2233]
  • Peru [1442]
  • Surinam [2285]
  • Venezuela [2233]

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:33