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Desmodium scorpiurus

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Name

Identification
Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by W. Fawcett,
Related name
  • Desmodium scorpiurus
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  • Desmodium arenarium
  • Desmodium parviflorum
  • Hedysarum minutiflorum
  • Hedysarum nudiflorum
  • Nissoloides cylindrica
  • Hedysarum scorpiurus
  • Desmodium virgatum
Common name
  • nanamumui = small ‘nane’; nane: any small weed with hooked fruits (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 1: 122 (1813).
Hedysarum scorpiurus Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1788).
Information
A straggling, climbing or procumbent herb with small blue flowers.
Range
Introduced from tropical America.
Distribution
S. L.: Freetown (Jan.) Deighton 241! 485! Bonthe (fr. Mar.) Deighton 2484!G. C.: Morton!

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