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Desmodium infractum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• C. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Humid forest
• montane areas
• coastal thickets

Flowering Times

• Jul-Dec

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Jan

Robust climber or erect shrub with 3 pubescent leaflets. Axillary racemes of white, violet or red flowers to 8mm, articulated glabrous fruit to 13mm x 10mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• Standley