Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
MH411 : Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Desmodium diffusum (Willd.)DC.;
Desmodium quinquangulatum (Roxb.)Wight.;
Hedysarum articulatum Roxb.;
Hedysarum dichotomum Willd.;
Hedysarum diffusum Willd.;
Hedysarum quinquangulatum Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Chikta, Asud |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Subshrubs or diffuse herbs, 20-80 cm tall. Stems adpressed long straight hairy and spreading hooked hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate, sometimes 1-foliolate near base of stem; petiole 1.5-3.5 cm, hairy; leaflet blade elliptic or ovate to broadly elliptic or broadly ovate, 1.5-7 × 1-6 cm, abaxially densely adpressed hairy, adaxially with sparse adpressed hairs, intermixed with sparse hooked hairs. Racemes terminal or axillary or usually panicles, 5-45 cm, hooked hairy, laxly flowered, 2- or 3-flowered at each node. Pedicel 2-5 mm. Calyx 4-lobed, ca. as long as tube; upper lobes 2-toothed. Corolla purple to violet, ca. 3 mm; standard obovate or broadly obovate, base shortly clawed; wings and keel wholly shortly clawed at base. Ovary densely pubescent, 5- or 6-ovuled. Legume narrowly oblong, 1-1.8 cm × 2.5-3 mm, densely hooked hairy, 5- or 6-jointed, both sutures shallowly constricted between articles. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 22. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Gularghat |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229498
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242317507
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chikta.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 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 Desv. - ticktrefoil |
| Species | : Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC. |