About sal-leaved desmodium
Pleurolobus gangeticus, commonly known by the name salparni, is a plant found throughout most parts of India and the Himalayas.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Desmodium gangeticum
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous forests and forests plantations
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- शालपर्णी
- Bengali
- শালপর্ণী, নারিন্দা ঘাস
- Tamil
- மூவிலை
- Kannada
- ಮೂರೆಲೆ ಹೊನ್ನೆ
- Malayalam
- ഓരില, Desmodium gangeticum, ചിത്രപർണ്ണി
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
sal-leaved desmodium belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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