Fabaceae
Desmodium

Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 2: 331 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
amorseco, cadillo, lambedera, pegapega, zarza
[UNAL]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 250 - 3300 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, arbusto, trepadora
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Amor-de-velha-da-folha-grauda, Amor-de-velho-comum, Desmodium Silverleaf, Silverleaf Desmodium, Spanish Tickclover
[ILDIS]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 250–3300 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vichada.
Habit
Herb, Shrub, Climbing.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 250 - 3300 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb, shrub or creeper.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
[UPB]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:6. 2000

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate or sprawling subshrubby herb 0.6–2 m long with ascending flowering stems from a stout rootstock.
Morphology Stem
Stems covered with hooked hairs rendering plant harshly adhesive.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets green, the upper surface mostly with a lanceolate or somewhat pear-shaped silver marking along the midrib, 2.5–8.5 × 1–4 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded at the base, fairly densely appressed pilose on both sides or only sparsely so above; petiole 1.8–6 cm long; stipules 5–8 × 2–4 mm, ovate, long-acuminate at apex, slightly auriculate at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences terminal and axillary, up to 30 cm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube 3 mm long; lobes 2.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla pale mauve or pink turning blue on fading, or white.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit of 4–7 articles, each article 5.5–7 × 2.5–4 mm, ± semicircular or subtriangular, narrowly joined near upper margin, densely covered with hooked hairs rendering them very adhesive.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Chili Clover, Spanish Clover
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use
Forage
[ILDIS]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Flora Zambesiaca
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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