Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC.

  • Filed As

    Fabaceae
    Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC.

  • Collector(s)

    R. M. Harley 19955 with S. J. Mayo, R. M. Storr, T. S. Santos, & R. S. Pinheiro, 24 Mar 1977

  • Location

    Brazil. Bahia. Ca 3km south of small town of Mato Grosso on the road to Vila do Rio de Contas.

  • Habitat

    Sandstone rocks and dry hillside with scrubby vegetation. This plant growing at river margin.

  • Description

    Scrambling herb to 2m. Leaves dark, lurid green above with paler mottling along midrib, pale beneath. Pedicels purple-tinged. Petals magenta. Pods green. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 595607

    Occurrence ID: db5a8701-8aee-4afe-8d3b-8c1ee34818e3

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Bahia

  • Locality

    Ca 3km south of small town of Mato Grosso on the road to Vila do Rio de Contas

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1200 m. (3937 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -13.48, -41.82

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BRAZIL: ESTADO DA BAHIA
Serra do Rio de Contas
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Field work sponsored by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Academia
Brasileira de Ciencias, and carried out with the collaboration of the Centro de
Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia, January-April. 197?.
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Scrambling herb to 2m. Leaves dark, lurid
green above v/ith paler mottling along midrib
pale beneath. Pedicels purple-tinged.- Petals
magenta. Pods green.
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Harley
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