DEDCA
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
annual
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Aeschynomene incana (Sw.) G.Mey. |
synonym | Aeschynomene incana (Sw.)G.Mey. |
synonym | Desmodium canum (J.F.Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. |
synonym | Desmodium canum (J.F.Gmel.)Schinz & Thell. |
synonym | Desmodium frutescens Schindl. |
synonym | Desmodium frutescens sensu auct. |
synonym | Desmodium frutescens Sensu auct. |
synonym | Desmodium incanum var. incanum |
synonym | Desmodium portoricense (Spreng.) G.Don |
synonym | Desmodium portoricense (Spreng.)G.Don |
synonym | Desmodium racemiferum DC. |
synonym | Desmodium sparsiflorum G. Don |
synonym | Desmodium supinum (Sw.) DC. |
synonym | Desmodium supinum (Sw.)DC. |
synonym | Desmodium supinum var. amblyophyllum Urb. |
synonym | Hedysarum canescens Mill. |
synonym | Hedysarum canum J.F.Gmel. |
synonym | Hedysarum canum Lunan |
synonym | Hedysarum incanum Sw. |
synonym | Hedysarum madagascariensis Desv. |
synonym | Hedysarum mauritianum Willd. |
synonym | Hedysarum portoricense Spreng. |
synonym | Hedysarum racemiferum J.F. Gmel. |
synonym | Hedysarum racemosum Aubl. |
synonym | Hedysarum supinum Sw. |
synonym | Meibomia adscendens var. incana (Sw.) Kuntze |
synonym | Meibomia adscendens var. incana (Sw.)Kuntze |
synonym | Meibomia cana (J.F.Gmel.) S.F.Blake |
synonym | Meibomia cana (J.F.Gmel.)S.F.Blake |
synonym | Meibomia incana (Sw.) Vail |
synonym | Meibomia incana (Sw.)Hoehne |
synonym | Meibomia incana (Sw.)O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins |
synonym | Meibomia incana (Sw.)Vail |
synonym | Meibomia racemifera (DC.) Kuntze |
synonym | Meibomia supina (Sw.) Britton |
synonym | Meibomia supina (Sw.)Britton |
Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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Créole Maurice |
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Créole Réunion |
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Créole Seychelles |
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Malgache |
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Other |
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Portuguese |
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Spanish; Castilian |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Mayotte: Desmodium incanum flowers from September to May and fruits from October to June.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Bipinnate leaves | 1 to 2 pairs of pinnae | Mimosa pudica | |||||
3 to 9 pairs of pinnae | Mimosa diplotricha | ||||||
Pinnate leaves | Clitoria heterophylla | ||||||
Trifoliate leaves | symmetrical lateral leaflets | elliptical or lateral leaflets | terminal leaflets equal to lateral leaflets | Teramnus labialis | |||
Terminal leaflets larger than lateral leaflets | very marked ribs | Cajanus scarabaeoides | |||||
ribs lightly marked | leaflets > 10 mm | Desmodium adscendens | |||||
leaflets < 10 mm | Desmodium triflorum | ||||||
Ends of leaflets wedged | Narrow lanceolate leaflets (2 cm) | Macroptilium lathyroides | |||||
large acuminate leaflets | Trigonal stem, scabrous at the angles | Desmodium intortum | |||||
Cylindrical stem | Leaflets with a silver tinge | petiolules of 2 mm | Desmodium incanum | ||||
petiolules 5 to 15 mm | Desmodium uncinatum | ||||||
Green uniform leaflets | wide terminal leaflet (7 cm) | Centrosema pubescens | |||||
very wide terminal leaflet(15 cm) | Centrosema plumieri | ||||||
asymmetrical lateral leaflets | Terminal leaflet has a longer width than length | Rhynchosia malacophylla | |||||
terminal leaflet as wide as long | large leaves (15 cm) | Rhynchosia viscosa | |||||
small leaves (7 cm) | Rhynchosia minima | ||||||
elongated terminal leaflets | lateral leaflets with a single rounded lobe | ||||||
lateral leaflets without lobe | large stipules (6 mm) | Lablab purpureus | |||||
small stipules (2 mm) |
Mucuna pruriens |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Comoros: Desmodium incanum is present in all parts of Grande Comores especially in dry regions at low and medium altitude.
French Guiana : Ruderal species, common in gardens.
Madagascar: Ruderal plant, fairly common in the Highlands and medium altitude (along roadsides and edges of channels or in fallow plots) that sometimes settles in long-cycle crops (cassava two cycles, sugarcane).
Mauritius: A weed of crops, fallow land and roadsides, not widespread on the island.
Mayotte: D. incanum is a very common exotic species. It is naturalized in the crops, in the villages and is even recorded sometimes in the underwoods of the hygrophilous natural forests.
Reunion: This plant is quite common in Reunion, particularly on the northeast coast. Although it is usually found in wetlands, it is very resistant to drought.
Seychelles: plant observed at an altitude of 0-300 m.
West Indies: Desmodium incanum is an indigenous species. It is a very ubiquitous species but does not tolerate regular soil turning. It settles in permanent plant cover in association with various grass species (Axonopus sp., Alysicarpus vaginalis...) which form spontaneous lawns.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Desmodium incanum is native to Central and South America.
Worldwide distribution
This species is present in western, central and southern Africa, the Indian Ocean and Oceania.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local harmfulness
Comoros: Desmodium incanum is a major weed in all cultures.
French Guiana: It is rarely encountered and never abundant in vegetable or fruit crops.
Madagascar: quite infrequent and not too much abundant in crops.
Mauritius: occasional weed in crops, with very low harmfulness.
Mayotte: D. incanum is an infrequent weed in crops (3% of cultivated plots). It is found especially in ylang and pineapple crops, more particularly in the north of the island.
Reunion: It sometimes forms a grass cover on the edge of the field, but remains a slightly noxious weed since it resents tillage. However, it is common in prairie or mixed in live coverage in vanilla cultivations or in orchard.
Seychelles: A common weed, frequent in fruit crops, vegetable crops and underground crops.
Desmodium incanum is a typical weed of perennial crops. Far from being harmful, it settles naturally in orchards that are weeded mechanically.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Desmodium%2520incanum
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Desmodium |
Species | Desmodium incanum DC. |