Desmodium rotundifolium DC. - prostrate ticktrefoil
MH050 : Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 128 |
| Synonym | : | Desmodium michauxii (Vail) Daniels.;
Meibomia michauxii Vail.;
Meibomia rotundifolia (DC.) Kuntze.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ritchie's desmodium, round-leaved trailing tick-trefoil |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | This perennial, herbaceous species has prostrate stems reaching up to 1.5m long, ranging from glabrous to villous. It has alternate leaf arrangement. The petioles are ciliate and range from 3 to 5cm in length. It has pinnate, trifoliate leaves, with leaflets that are round or ovate. The terminal leaflet is 3-7cm; often wider than it is long and usually larger than the lateral leaflets. Leaflets are villous on both surfaces, and with entire margins. The stipules are up to 1 cm long and 7mm broad, ovate with acuminate tips. Stipels are present on all three leaflets, linear and as much as 3mm in length. The inflorescence is a raceme up to 30cm long, with axilliary and terminal perigynous flowers. Ovate bracts are present on the inflorescence axis. The sepals are zygomorphic, pubescent externally, with a single lobe on the upper lip and three on the lower lip (9). The violet (pink to purple) papilionaceous flower petals range from 8-11mm long and bear two white spots edged with dark purple on the base of the standard. The keel and wings are glabrous. The 10 stamens are united into a group of 9 and 1 free (diadelphous). The style is curved, ovary superior, composed of a single carpel. |
| 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://climbers.lsa.umich.edu/?p=276 |
| 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 Desv. - ticktrefoil |
| Species | : Desmodium rotundifolium DC. - prostrate ticktrefoil |