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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS036 : Desmodium latifolium (Roxb.) DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 126  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Desmodium
Species : Desmodium latifolium Wight
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Fabaceae  
 
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
 
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.
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
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :