Pan India Bouquets

Desmodium sequax Wall.

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 ancistrotrichum K.Schum. & Lauterb.; Desmodium dasylobum Miq.; Desmodium hamulatum Franch.; Desmodium sinuatum (Miq.) Blume ex Baker; Desmodium strangulatum var. sinuatum Miq.; Meibomia dasyloba (Miq.) Kuntze; Meibomia sequax (Wall.) Kuntze; Meibomia sinuata (Miq.) Kuntze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ototropis sequax (Wall.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Vernacular name : Soru-biyoni-sabta, Horu-biyoni-sabta (Assamese)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Shady ravines, Grassy slopes, forest margins; 1000-2800 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : June-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Tropical and subtropical Asia
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: 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 sequax. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.

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