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Desmodium sandwicense E.Mey.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium sandwicense E.Mey. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium intortum var. pilosiusculum (DC.)Fosberg {Synonym}
    Desmodium pilosiusculum DC. {Synonym}
    Meibomia limensis var. pilosiuscula (DC.)Schindl. {Synonym}
    Meibomia pilosiuscula (DC.)Hochr. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Chili Clover [1949]; Spanish Clover [1949]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [8]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (N) [1949]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1949] ; Illustration [1949]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

1949.

  Wagner, W.L. et al, 1990
    Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Vol.1.
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