Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC.

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FLORA OF GUYANA
Herbarium of Utrecht University {U}
Legjmiwosae [Pap.J
Desmodiu/n
adscendens (Swartz) DC
Det. J.C. Underrian, M.A. Reinders 1993
59°48'W 3° 13'N
NW district. Barabina Hill (2 km SE of Mabaruma).
Along oath and roadsides, pastures etc.
Herb. Corolla blue. Fruits stick onto clothes.
Vernacular name: ironweed, Sweetheart, Irongrass,
Tebevu <Ar)
Usets]: Back pain, belly pain, any pain in body,
heamorrhage. When a plant drops its flowers and leaves
it is good to put this plant around it and the plant will
catch back itself again.
M.A. Reinders
J. Valenzuela
nr S3
Doc 1991