Dodotte / Trefle Gros
Desmodium triquetrum
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Assam & more
- Flowering
- July-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Desmodium triquetrum
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests, and plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malesia, Pacific Islands, New Calidonea, N.Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- 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 Dodotte 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 Dodotte itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- উলুচা Ulucha
- Kannada
- Dodotte, Molada gida
- Malayalam
- Adkhapanal, Chattagai, Kattarali
- Marathi
- काक गांजा Kak ganja
- Mizo
- Uifawma-ring
- Telugu
- Dammidi
About Dodotte
Trefle Gros (Desmodium triquetrum) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Assam and 3 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests, and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Dodotte belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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