Kaadu Moovile / Triangular Horse Bush
Desmodium triangulare
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Desmodium triangulare
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also in plantations
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia, S.China, Taiwan, Cambodia, New Guinea, Africa
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- 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 Kaadu Moovile 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 Kaadu Moovile itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile, ನಾಗ ತಗರೆ naaga thagare
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടൂ മൂവില kattu moovila
- Marathi
- चिपाटे chipate
- Sanskrit
- पृष्णिपर्णी prsniparni
- Telugu
- చేతంద chetanda, cittenta
- Tulu
- ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire
- Urdu
- lapoti
- Mizo
- Se-be-hliang
About Kaadu Moovile
Triangular horse bush (Desmodium triangulare) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand and Karnataka. It grows in moist deciduous forests, also in plantations. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Kaadu Moovile belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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