EPPO Global Database

Desmanthus virgatus(DEMVI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DEMVI
  • Preferred name: Desmanthus virgatus
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Willdenow

Notes

USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, most of South America (except northern Brazil, southern cone). Introduced in Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Malesia (Malaya), Senegal, Angola, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Australia (Northern, Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Mimosa virgata Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
dwarf koa English
ground tamarind English
petite acacia French
petite cassie French
algarobillo Spanish (BO)
barbasco Spanish (BO)
frijolillo de burro Spanish (GT)
dormideira Portuguese (BR)