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Asian tick trefoil

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.

 

des-MOH-dee-um -- from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods ... Dave's Botanary

het-er-oh-KAR-pon -- from the Greek heteros (different) and karpos (fruit) ... Dave's Botanary

 

commonly known as: Asian tick trefoil, carpon desmodium • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvara • Marathi: जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashami • Sanskrit: शालपर्णी salaparni • Telugu: చెప్పుతట్ట chepputatta • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire

 

Native to: e tropical Africa, s China, e & s-e Asia, Indian subcontinent, n Australia, Pacific; naturalized elsewhere

 

 

References: Flowers of IndiaHerbarium JCB

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Uploaded on September 30, 2007
Taken on September 30, 2007