Desmodium latifolium Wight
Desmodium latifolium Wight
MS036 : Desmodium latifolium (Roxb.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 126 |
| Synonym | : | Desmodium latifolium Sensu Wight.;
Desmodium velutinum (Willd.)DC.; Anarthrosyne cordata Klotzsch;
Desmodium lasiocarpum (P.Beauv.) DC.;
Desmodium latifolium var. plukenetii Wight & Arn.;
Desmodium plukenetii (Wight & Arn.) Merr.;
Desmodium plukenetii (Wight & Arn.) Merr. & Chun.;
Desmodium sikkimense Schindl.;
Desmodium velutinum var. plukenetii (Wight & Arn.) Schindl.;
Desmodium velutinum var. roxburghii Schindl.;
Desmodium velutinum subsp. velutinum;
Desmodium velutinum var. velutinum.;
Desmodium virgatum Prain.;
Hedysarum deltoides Poir.;
Hedysarum deltoideum Schum. & Thonn.;
Hedysarum deltoideum Schumach. & Thonn.;
Hedysarum deltoideum DC.;
Hedysarum lasiocarpum P.Beauv.;
Hedysarum latifolium Roxb.;
Hedysarum latifolium Ker. Gawl.;
Hedysarum velutinum Willd.;
Meibomia lasiocarpa (P. Beauv.) Kuntze;
Meibomia velutina (Willd.) Kuntze;
Pseudarthria cordata (Klotzsch) C.Mueller;
Pseudarthria cordata (Klotzsch) Müll. Hal.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Lepati, Velvet-Leaf Desmodium, Villous leaf Desmodium • Hindi: jagru, lagavang, lippa-pank • Malayalam: Orila • Sanskrit: Prasniparni • Tamil: Akilametaki, Amcapatayilai, ankachupati • Telugu: Chiva madu, Chimanduri |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Shrubs, to 1.5 m high; stem ferrugineous-tomentose. Leaves to 13 x 10 cm, broadly ovate, acute or obtuse at apex, rounded at base, densely velutinus below; nerves 6-8 pairs, regular, prominent below; stipules 3 mm long, cordate at base, white; stipel minute, filiform. Raceme terminal, panicled, to 30 cm long. Flowers 4 mm across, pink; calyx 1.5 mm long, lobes ovate, acute, hairy; standard 3 x 3 mm. Pods 2 cm long, crenate along ventral suture; joints 8-10, each 3 x 3 mm, roundish, hirsute |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild_2362
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229508
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Velvet-Leaf%20Desmodium.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Desmodium |
| Species | : Desmodium latifolium Wight |