✿Fabaceae · Desmodium
Two-Joint Desmodium
Desmodium biarticulatum
UndershrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Flowering
- September-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Desmodium biarticulatum
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Open deciduous forests and coastal areas
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Celebes, Australia, Sumatra
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- 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 Two-Joint Desmodium 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 Two-Joint Desmodium itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Two-Joint Desmodium
Two-Joint Desmodium (Desmodium biarticulatum) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. It grows in open deciduous forests and coastal areas. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Two-Joint Desmodium belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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