Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC.
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Filed As
Fabaceae
Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC. -
Habitat
in sandy half brackish soil near the sea coast.
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Description
A widely spreading shrub..., stems several from the same root cluster, ascending, ultimately numerously rebranched: wood soft, whitish; bark brown, numerously covered with lenticells: twigs lax, horizontally spreading: leaves submembranous, slightly glaucous beneath: inflorescent divaricate or subpendulous, greenish except the pure white petals, slightly but sweetly fragrant: pods a few inches long or less, yellowish green, flattened, constricted, usually curved.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 4805304
Occurrence ID: e0a931ce-5993-4375-bbad-4f1eff2a6367
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Pacifica]
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Distribution
TODAYA (MT. APO), DISTRICT OF DAMM» ISLAND OF MINDANAO, OCTOBER, 1909 04805304 1X9$$* Besmodium umbellatum (L.) BC. A widely spread* ing shrub in sandy half brackish sell near the eea*ooast, •teas several from the sane rest cluster, ascending, ultimate* ly numerously rebranched: wood soft, whit^iah; bark brown« numerously covered with lentleells: twigs lax, horizontally spreading: leaves submerabranoue, Slightly glaucous beneath; infloresoent divaricate or subpendulous. greenish except the pure white pet alb«1 slightly but sweetly fragrant: pods a few inches long or lees, yellowish grsen, flattened, eon* striated, usually curved: "Caubol.* Todaya, October, 1909« ELMER’S FIELD /IflA PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER 04805304
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Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC.