Desmodium salicifolium (Poiret)DC.

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

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Other names:

• Desmodium oxybracteum DC. [Synonym] [1915]
  
• Hedysarum salicifolium Poiret [Synonym] [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:

• Environmental [236]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [216]
  • Botswana [237]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Central African Rep. [8]
  • Chad [64]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [8]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Gabon [16]
  • Gambia The [212]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Malawi [210] [237]
  • Mali [212]
  • Mozambique [237]
  • Namibia-ISO [8]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • South Africa [210]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Swaziland [8]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [28]
  • Zimbabwe [237]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [3054]
  • Comoro Is [3054]
  • Madagascar [1915]
  • Mauritius [1915]
  • Reunion [1915]

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Notes:

• Two botanical varieties: var. salicifolium & var. densiflorum (FTEA ref.210).
  
• Cordemoy (1895) records taxon for Reunion,but it has not be found there since. [1915] [3053]
  
• Type of D.oxybracteum possibly from Mauritius;taxon not found there recently. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:31