Desmodium heterocarpon

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Photographs by: 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