Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC
Common Name : Sal leaved desmodium
Family : Fabaceae

HABIT |
A COMMON UNDERSHRUB, USUALLY 0.6-1.2 M TALL. |
STEMS |
SIMPLE, STRAIGHT, IRREGULARLY
ANGLED; BRANCHES DENSELY HAIRY. |
LEAVES |
UNIFOLIATE; LEAFLETS MEMBRANOUS, BROADLY ELLIPTIC TO OVATE OR SOMETIMES
LANCEOLATE, 9-12.5 CM LONG AND 3.5-6.3 CM WIDE, BASE ROUNDED OR ACUTE, APEX
ACUTE OR ACUMINATE, MARGINS SOMEWHAT WAVY, USUALLY GLABRESCENT ON UPPER
SURFACE, PALE GREEN AND CLOTHED WITH SOFT WHITISH APPRESSED HAIRS BENEATH. |
FLOWERS |
FLOWERS VIOLET OR WHITE,
BORNE IN FASCICLES OF 2-5 FLOWERS IN LAX, 40-60 FLOEWERED, TERMINAL AND
AXILLARY RACEMES, 15-30 CM LONG. |
FRUITS |
POD LINEAR TO SLIGHTLY
CURVED, 1.2-2 CM LONG AND 2 MM WIDE; JOINTS 4-8, RETICULATE, LONGER THAN
BROAD, INDEHISCENT, SPARSELY CLOTHED WITH MINUTE HOOKED HAIRS. |