As recorded for Desmodium benthamii
Desmodium benthamii
Desmodium benthamii
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- September-May
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Grona brachystachya. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: India.
- Recorded habitat
- Stream banks of mixed forests and floor of sal forests
- Explore nearby plants
- Uttarakhand →
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How to identify Desmodium benthamii
Identify Desmodium benthamii by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Desmodium benthamii.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Desmodium benthamii
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Stream banks of mixed forests and floor of sal forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Desmodium benthamii itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Desmodium benthamii itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Desmodium benthamii
A member of the Fabaceae family, Desmodium benthamii is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand. It grows in stream banks of mixed forests and floor of sal forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to May.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Desmodium benthamii belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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