Erect , perennial herb ; up to 35 cm long , with deeply grooved stems . Stems ± woody , decumbent , hispid-pubescent . Leaves alternate , 1-3-foliolate ; leaflets 22-70 x 18-37 mm , ovate to ovate-laneolate , obtuse with the midrib extending to form a short mucro , rounded or truncate at the base , pubescent on both surfaces , petiolate . Inflorescences axillary and terminal , 4–17 cm long . Flowers purple-mauve , small ; calyx 2-3 mm , sparsely pilose , persistent ; corolla with standard purple or light blue ± 3 mm , obovate . Fruit pod , 11-15 mm , segments 5-6 , pubescent , beaked , yellow-green . Seeds 2 mm long , 1 . 5 mm wide , yellow or chestnut-brown , rounded or oblong-ellipsoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.
Desmodium quinquangulatum (Roxb.) G.Don
Hedysarum dichotomum Willd.
Meibomia sennaarensis (Schweinf.) Kuntze
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Dichotomous-Stemmed Desmodium
Tick-Trefoil Desmodium
Not used traditionally
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. https://en.wiktionary.org
