Common name
English: Hetero
Mandarin: 异叶山蚂蝗 (yi ye shan ma huang)
English: Hetero
Mandarin: 异叶山蚂蝗 (yi ye shan ma huang)
Kingdom: Plantae (2603)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2500)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2115)
Order: Fabales (238)
Family: Fabaceae (238)(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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