Desmodium hirtum Guillemin & Perrottet

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Desmodium Desv.
Tribe: Desmodieae
References: [210]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [14]
  
• Forage [14]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [2301]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Gabon [16]
  • Gambia The [8]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [8]
  • Guinea Bissau [212]
  • Ivory Coast [2301]
  • Mali [212]
  • Mozambique [237]
  • Niger [212]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Senegal [210]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Sudan [8]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [23]
  • Zaire [236]
  • Zambia [237]
  • Zimbabwe [237]

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Notes:

• Two varieties, hirtum & delicatulum (FTEA, ref.210).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:27