Observe ⇒ Differentiate ⇒ Identify ⇒ NURTURE
Botanical Name: Desmodium scorpiurus
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 17-Nov-2020 17:07 PM
Photo Description: None
Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: ***
Etymology - Genus: From the Greek desmos (band or chain) and refers to the jointed seed pods
Etymology - Species: From the Greek skorpios (scorpion) and oura (tail), referring to the shape of the pods
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Native
Location: Vetal Hill
Description: Annual twiner, generally crawls along the ground. Minute, stiff hairs all over stem.Trifoliate leaf with foliaceous (leaf like) stipule. Hair on petiole.Almost perfectly elliptic leaf lamina. Presence of stipels (secondary stipules) on rachis.Flowers are born in a raceme.Flat pods, when mature look like a tail of a scorpion.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 17-Nov-2020 17:06 PM
Photo Description: None
Root type: Adventitious
Stem Appearance: Twiner
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Hairy
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Annual twiner, generally crawls along the ground. Minute, stiff hairs all over stem.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 13:33 PM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 13:34 PM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 13:34 PM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 12-Jun-2023 08:15 AM
Photo Description: None
Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Foliaceous
Leaf Type: Trifoliolate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Trifoliate leaf with foliaceous (leaf like) stipule. Hair on petiole.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Rounded
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Rounded
Lamina Texture: Pubescent
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Almost perfectly elliptic leaf lamina. Presence of stipels (secondary stipules) on rachis.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 10:42 AM
Photo Description: None
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Flowers are born in a raceme.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 10:43 AM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 10:43 AM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 10:43 AM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 07-Jan-2021 10:44 AM
Photo Description: None
Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description:
Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals:
Corolla Arrangement: Papilionaceous
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Diadelphous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels: Monocarpellary
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description:
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 17-Nov-2020 17:06 PM
Photo Description: None
Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat pods, when mature look like a tail of a scorpion.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method:
Preprocessing for germination:
Germination time:
Seed shelf life:
Germination %:
Seed Description:
