Pan India Bouquets

Desmodium podocarpum 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) : Hedysarum podocarpum (DC.) Spreng.; Meibomia podocarpa (DC.) Kuntze; Podocarpium podocarpum (DC.) Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hylodesmum podocarpum (DC.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
Common name : Podocarp Demodium
Vernacular name : Gahare ghans (Nepali)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Roadsides, grassy slopes, grasslands on high mountains, mountain slopes, forests, thickets, forest margins and ditches; at elevations from 100 - 2100 m.
Flower, Fruit : July-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
Native : China, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Temerate East Asia and Philippines (Luzon)
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: 675-676
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 podocarpum. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.

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