✿Fabaceae · Desmodium
Thantan-Pull / Rusty Desmodium
Desmodium ferrugineum
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
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 Thantan-Pull 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 Thantan-Pull itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- തണ്ടൻപുല്ല് thantan-pull
About Thantan-Pull
A member of the Fabaceae family, Rusty Desmodium (Desmodium ferrugineum) is a shrub. It is native to India, Sri Lanka. It grows in moist deciduous forests, grasslands and montane scrub jungles. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Thantan-Pull belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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