Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC.

English: Hetero

Mandarin: 异叶山蚂蝗 (yi ye shan ma huang)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(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

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

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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

• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.