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Uraria picta (Jacq.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Uraria Desv.

Uraria picta (Jacq.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Doodia picta Roxb. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum pictum Jacq. {Synonym}
    Uraria aphrodisiaca Welw. {Synonym}
    Uraria leucantha Span. {Synonym}
    Uraria linearis Hassk. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Dabra [3026, 3030]; Hansia Dafar [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Benin (N) [212]; Burkina (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [16]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [210]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Liberia (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mali (N) [212]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [212]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [236]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [1914, 1937, 3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Guizhou [3418]; Sichuan [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; India (N) [1914, 1937, 1947, 3009, 3017, 3028, 3035, 3094, 3101, 3119, 3366, 3371, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3584, 3590]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3371]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Daman [3094]; Diu [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3101]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3366]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3035]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [261, 1937, 3898]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (N) [261, 1937, 2111]; Myanmar (N) [3710]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [1914, 3963]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sri Lanka (N) [3798]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 1937, 2827, 3418]; Thailand (N) [1937, 3466]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3710]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]; Nicobar Is (N) [3366, 3710]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Sudanian wooded grassland [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian wooded grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 261, 1919, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1947, 2111, 2825, 3386, 3418, 3798, 3898] ; Illustration [210, 220, 236, 261, 1919, 1929, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 200

  
USES:
  Medicine [236, 2828, 3030, 3034]

  
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