Leguminosae-pap Desmodium incanum DC.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Fruit
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Bylands - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Herb or shrublet to 1.3m; pods densely hairy; rounded or notched at tip. Leaflets simple (var. angustifolium) or trifoliolate, <10cm long, v. hairy below; stipules persistent, 1cm long; flowers pink or purplish, rarely white. Fruit up to 8 segments, indented to 2/3 width.

Interest
A treatment for childhood diarrhea in Grenada (Averis, 2003).

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules

Specimen Number
980

Location
Road to Claboney..

Notes
Scabrid lvs. Roadside.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.080000 N   Longitude: 61.390000 W   Altitude: 0.0