Desmodium sandwicense E.Meyer

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Desmodium Desv.
Tribe: Desmodieae
References: [1949]

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Other names:

• Desmodium intortum (Miller)Urban Var. pilosiusculum (DC.)Fosb. [Synonym] [1949]
  
• Desmodium pilosiusculum DC. [Synonym] 
  
• Meibomia limensis (Hook.)Kuntze Var. pilosiuscula (DC.)Schindler [Synonym] [1949]
  
• Meibomia pilosiuscula (DC.)Hochr. [Synonym] 
  

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Common Names:

• Chili Clover [1949]
  
• Spanish Clover [1949]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1992(Phytochem.)Southon I & Bowes I
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [8]
  • Ghana [8]
  • Kenya [8]

• Pacific Ocean [1949]
  • Hawaii [1949]

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:27:24