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Desmodium heterocarpon
Desmodium heterocarpon
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Desmodium heterocarpon
(L.) DC.
Common Name :
Asian Tick Trefoil, Carpon Desmodium, Salaparni
Plant Family :
Papilionaceae
Plant Form :
Herb
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park
About Desmodium heterocarpon Plant :
Habit :
An erect or suberect, slender, appressed-pubescent herb.
Leaves :
Leaflets obovate oblong, sparsely appressed-hairy beneath.
Inflorescence :
Racemes
Flower :
Flowers in long,terminal and axillary racemes.
Fruit :
Pods linear-oblong, densely pubescent, 5-8 jointed.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
October