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Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.

Description

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Undershrub, 60-120 cm tall, branches pubescent. Leaf unifoliolate, petiole 1-2.5 cm long, leaflet, 4-12.5 cm long, 3.5-7.5 cm broad, orbicular, ovate, rarely elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, acute or sub-acuminate, glabrous above, pubescent below; stipules 6-8.5 mm long, scarious; petiolule c. 1.5 mm long, stipel c. 3 mm long. Inflorescence terminal or axillary raceme, 15-30 cm long. Bract 1.5-3.5 mm long. Pedicel 4-6.5 mm long, pubescent. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth longer than the tube. Corolla 3.8-4.5 mm long, violet or white. Fruit 1.2-2.5 cm long, c. 2.5 mm broad, subfalcate, upper suture slightly indented, lower deeply indented between the seeds, articles 6-8, longer than broad, indehiscent, pubescent, hairs hooked, minute.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 347 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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Distribution

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Tropical Africa, Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), Ceylon, India, S.E. Asia, China, Malaysia, Australia.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal @ eFloras.org
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K.K. Shrestha, J.R. Press and D.A. Sutton
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Distribution

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Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir, India (Punjab, Kumaon, Bengal, Madras, Madhya Pradesh, Bombay), Ceylon, Burma, Tropical Africa, Malaysia, Philippines, China.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 347 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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eFloras.org
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Elevation Range

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300-1000 m
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal @ eFloras.org
author
K.K. Shrestha, J.R. Press and D.A. Sutton
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eFloras.org
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl.Per: May - September and sometimes other months.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 347 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras