EPPO Global Database

Desmodium gangeticum(DEDGA)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-20

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DEDGA
  • Preferred name: Desmodium gangeticum
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) de Candolle

Notes

Western Asia (Yemen, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), tropical Africa, New Guinea, Australia. Introduced in Madagascar 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Desmodium gangeticum var. gangeticum (Linnaeus) de Candolle
Pleurolobus gangeticus (Linnaeus) Ohashi & Ohashi

Common names
Name Language
sal-leaved desmodium English
desmódio-de-folhas-grandes Portuguese
dirghamuli Hindi
shalapami Hindi
vadarigandha Sanskrit