Desmodium ramosissimum G.Don

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

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Other names:

• Desmodium mauritianum sensu auct. [Misapplied] [210][1915][3052][3053][3057][3061][3066]
  
• Hedysarum fruticulosum Schum. & Thonn. [Synonym] [210]
  

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Common Names:

• Petit Treff [1915]
  
• Petite R‚glisse [1915]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Medicine [14] [236]
  
• Weed [3060]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [216]
  • Benin [212]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [212]
  • Central African Rep. [8]
  • Chad [64]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [212]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Gabon [16]
  • Ghana [210]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Mali [212]
  • Mozambique [237]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [210]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [212]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [236]
  • Zambia [28]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [1941]
  • Madagascar [210]
  • Mauritius [210] [1915]
  • Reunion [1915]
  • Rodrigues [1915]
  • Seychelles [1941]

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Notes:

• Commonly known under the name Desmodium mauritianum; see note under D.incanum. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:30