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Published In: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2: 327. 1825. (Prodr.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per: May - September and sometimes other months.
Type: Holotype: Ind. Orient., Herb. Linn.921.13 (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir, India (Punjab, Kumaon, Bengal, Madras, Madhya Pradesh, Bombay), Ceylon, Burma, Tropical Africa, Malaysia, Philippines, China.
Illustration: Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. (Illustration)
Map Location: B-7 Balakot, S.I.Ali 893 (KUH); Swat, M.A.Khan 136 (RAW); C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Karot, M.A.Siddiqi & Y.Nasir 6096 (RAW); Mari Saidan, Lehtrar Rd., Y.Nasir & Zaffar Ali 4527 (RAW); Rawalpindi Dist., Panjar, 2000 ft, Pine forest, R.R.Stewart 28539 (KUH); C-8 Kashmir, Hullain Khurd, Kotli, Y.Nasir & Zaffar Ali 5458 (RAW); Maira, near Nakial, R.R.Stewart 25847 (RAW); Nar, Mirpur-Kotli Road, R.R.Stewart 27253 (RAW); Bagh, Poonch, A.R.Khan s.n. 23.9.52 (RAW); Muzaffarabad, E.Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 389 (RAW); Kashmir, Poonch, coll. by a student (RAW)

 

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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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