Common name
English: Hetero
Mandarin: 异叶山蚂蝗 (yi ye shan ma huang)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Desmodium (9)
Epithet: heterophyllum (Willd.) DC. (2)
Synonyms: Desmodium triflorum var. majus Wight & Arn., Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd., Meibomia heterophylla (Willd.)Kuntze
heterophylla => bearing leaves of more than one kind
heterophyllum => bearing leaves of more than one kind
triflorum => three-flowered
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink
External links
Check for Desmodium heterophyllum at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [246] Desmodium heterophyllum - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1585] Desmodium heterophyllum - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.