Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Desmodium | Species: Desmodium gangeticum (Linn.)DC. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Aeschynomene gangetica (Linn.)Poir , Desmodium cavaleriei H.Lév., Hedysarum collinum Roxb, Meibomia gangetica (Linn.)Kuntze | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Sarivan, Shalparni | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Sal Leaved Desmodium | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Salpani, Dhruva, Dirghamuli | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Upto 1500 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Pods subfalcate, curved, 6 – 8 jointed, upper suture straight or without indent, lower deeply indented, hooked – hairy. |
| Habitat | Moist deciduous forest and forest plantations. Also in the plains. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Throughout the warmer parts of India; tropics of Africa to Indomalaysia. | Bark Details | Greenish brown in colour and smooth in texture. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Erect or ascending – prostrate undershrubs, up to 140 cm high, with somewhat angular branches, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves simple, variable, ovate – oblong or rounded acute to acuminate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Flowers purplish or white racemes, often combined to panicles. Calyx pubescent. Vexillum 5 – 6 mm long, keel incurved. Pods subfalcate, curved, 6 – 8 jointed, upper suture straight or without indent, lower deeply indented, hooked – hairy. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, variable, ovate – oblong or rounded acute to acuminate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. |
