✿Fabaceae · Desmodium
Desmodium benthamii
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- September-May
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
- Arrangement
- Alternate
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
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- 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.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Desmodium benthamii belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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