Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Pod; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Branch; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1890 Date of entry: 12.04.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Desmodium (9)
Epithet: discolor Vogel (3)
discolor => of different or changing colours
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: violet
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