Pan India Bouquets

Desmodium multiflorum DC.

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Synonym(s) : Desmodium angulatum DC.; Desmodium dubium Lindl.; Desmodium floribundum (D.Don) Sweet; Desmodium mairei Pamp.; Desmodium nepalense H.Ohashi; Desmodium sambuense (D.Don) DC.; Desmodium suembuense G.Don; Hedysarum floribundum D.Don; Hedysarum sambuense D.Don; Hedysarum suembum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Hedysarum wallichianum Spreng.; Meibomia floribunda (D.Don) Kuntze; Ototropis sambuensis (D.Don) Nees
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ototropis multiflora (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Common name : Many-Flowered Desmodium
Vernacular name : Baakhre Ghaans, Bhatamaase Phool, Kairochee, Bhatte, Lahare Saajan, Til (Nepali)
Habit : Erect shrub
Habitat : On banks in evergreen oak forest and shady damp localities 1200 - 2750 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 105; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 667 - 677
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Desmodium multiflorum. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.

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