Tadehagi triquetrum

Tadehagi triquetrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Tadehagi
Species: T. triquetrum
Binomial name
Tadehagi triquetrum
(L.) H. Ohashi
Synonyms
  • Desmodium triquetrum (L.) DC.
  • Desmodium triquetrum subsp. genuinum Prain
  • Desmodium triquetrum subsp. triquetrum
  • Hedysarum triquetrum L.
  • Meibomia triquetra (L.) Kuntze
  • Pteroloma triquetrum (L.) Benth.
  • Tadehagi triquetrum subsp. triquetrum

The Trefle Gros, (Tadehagi triquetrum), is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. The species has two subspecies with the nominate one, but sometimes they given full species status by some authors.[1] The maximum height of this shrub tree is 3m. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong, ovate with a tapering tip. Flowers show raceme inflorescence type, which are small, pale purplish in color. The fruit is a hairy legume.[2] It is widespread in all South Asian, East Asian, and Southeast Asian countries.[3]

Subspecies

  • Tadehagi triquetrum alatum (DC.) H.Ohashi
  • Tadehagi triquetrum auriculatum (DC.) H.Ohashi

Common Names

  • Malayalam - Adkhapanal, Chattagai, Kattarali
  • Telugu - Dammidi (దమ్మిడి )
  • Kannada - Dodotte, Molada gida
  • Assamese - Ulucha
  • Mizo - Arhrikreh
  • Marathi - Kak Ganja (काक गांजा )
  • Vietnamese - cây Cổ bình, cây Mũi mác
  • Sinhalese - Bâloliyâ (බාලොලියා)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-46682
  2. ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Trefle%20Gros.html
  3. ↑ http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225688
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