Desmodium velutinum (Willd.)DC.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Desmodium Desv.
Tribe: Desmodieae
References: [1790][210]

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Other names:

• Anarthrosyne cordata Klotzsch [Synonym] [1608]
  
• Desmodium lasiocarpum (P.Beauv.)DC. [Synonym] [210][1179][1472][1608]
  
• Desmodium latifolium (Roxb.)DC. [Synonym] [1790][1608][1472][1179]
  
• Desmodium plukenetii (Wight & Arn.)Merr. [Synonym] [1179]
  
• Hedysarum deltoides Poiret [Synonym] [1608]
  
• Hedysarum deltoideum Schum. & Thonn. [Synonym] [1608]
  
• Hedysarum lasiocarpum Pal. [Synonym] [1608][1179]
  
• Hedysarum latifolium Roxb. [Synonym] [1472][1608]
  
• Hedysarum velutinum Willd. [Synonym] [1790][1608][1472][1179]
  
• Pseudarthria cordata (Klotsch)C.Mueller [Synonym] [1608]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1990(Americas Update)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [14] [236]
  
• Medicine [14] [236]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [216]
  • Benin [212]
  • Burkina [8]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Central African Rep. [8]
  • Chad [64]
  • Congo [8]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Gabon [16]
  • Gambia The [212]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Mali [212]
  • Mozambique [237]
  • Niger [78]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [217]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • South Africa [8]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [212]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [236]
  • Zambia [28]
  • Zimbabwe [237]

• Asia
  • Indonesia-ISO [210]
  • Malaysia-ISO [210]

• Caribbean [1790]
  • Caribbean-TRP [1790]

• Indian Ocean [3052] [3054]
  • Comoro Is [3054]
  • Madagascar [210]
  • Mauritius [3052]

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Notes:

• Cultivated on Mauritius in the 19th Century. No recent records. [1915] [3052]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:35