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Published In: Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 4: 100. 1825. (Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris)) Name publication detailView 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.: August-October.
Type: Holotype: Nepal, Wallich (G-not seen).
Distribution: Distribution: Kashmir, Pakistan, India (Punjab, Kumaon, Garhwal, Bengal, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Bombay, Madras), Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Indonesia, Borneo, Philippines.
Illustration: Desmodium laxiflorum DC. (Illustration)
Map Location: B-7 Kashmir, Domel, Jhelum valley, c. 2500 ft., R.R.Stewart 5153 (RAW;K); C-7 Rawalpindi Dist. :Panjar, 2000 ft., Pine forest, R.R.Stewart 28731 (RAW;KUH); Bharatian, Punjar, 12.9.1964, Nasir & Siddiqi 1483 (RAW); C-8 Kotli-Phosh, + 4000 ft., M.A.Siddiqi 27690 (RAW); Nawal Nadi, A.Rashid s.n. 12.9.1953 (RAW).

 

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Undershrub, 60-150 cm tall, stem woody, pubescent when young. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 2.0-7.5 cm long, the terminal leaflets 7.0-15 cm long, 3.0-7.0 cm broad (lateral leaflets smaller), ovate, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, acute or subobtuse, glabrous above, appressly pubescent below, petiolules c. 2.5 mm long, stipels 6-7 mm long; stipules c. 10 mm long. Inflorescence terminal and axillary raceme, 15.0-25.0 cm long. Bracts and bracteoles linear, acute. Pedicel 5-7.5 mm long. Calyx 2.5-3.0 mm long, hispid, teeth slightly exceeding the tube. Corolla 6-7 mm long, vexillum white, wings and keel blue. Fruit 2.5-4.5 cm long, 6-10-jointed, both sutures slightly undulate, each article c. 4.5 mm long, pubescent, hairs hooked, minute.
 
 
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