Desmodium intortum, known as greenleaf desmodium and also as beggarlice along with other members of its genus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Desmodium, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the Galápagos, Haiti and Jamaica. A nitrogen-fixing fodder crop, it has been introduced to the rest of the world's tropics, including Africa, India, Australia, New Guinea and Taiwan[2]
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desmodium, intortum, known, greenleaf, desmodium, also, beggarlice, along, with, other, members, genus, species, flowering, plant, genus, desmodium, native, mexico, central, america, northern, south, america, galápagos, haiti, jamaica, nitrogen, fixing, fodder. Desmodium intortum known as greenleaf desmodium and also as beggarlice along with other members of its genus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Desmodium native to Mexico Central America northern South America the Galapagos Haiti and Jamaica A nitrogen fixing fodder crop it has been introduced to the rest of the world s tropics including Africa India Australia New Guinea and Taiwan 2 Desmodium intortumFlowerheadIn HawaiiScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder FabalesFamily FabaceaeSubfamily FaboideaeGenus DesmodiumSpecies D intortumBinomial nameDesmodium intortum Mill Urb 1 Synonyms 2 List Desmodium adhaesivum Schltdl Desmodium aparines Link DC Desmodium intortum var apiculatum B G Schub Desmodium nantouensis Y C Liu amp F Y Lu Desmodium sonorae A Gray Desmodium trigonum Sw DC Hedysarum aparines Link Hedysarum intortum Mill Hedysarum trigonum Sw Meibomia adhaesiva Schltdl Kuntze Meibomia aparines Link Schindl Meibomia balaensis Schindl Meibomia intorta Mill S F Blake Meibomia sonorae A Gray Kuntze Meibomia trigona GandaraDesmodium intortum is used in push pull agricultural pest management since it contains potent secondary metabolites that are released into the soil and aerially Inter cropped in maize and sorghum fields it repels Chilo partellus a stem boring grass moth and suppresses witchweeds including Asiatic witchweed Striga asiatica and purple witchweed S hermonthica 3 References edit Symb Antill 8 292 1920 a b Desmodium intortum L Plants of the World Online Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 2017 Retrieved 15 December 2020 The Plant Encyclopedia Desmodium The Plant Encyclopedia Retrieved 17 January 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desmodium intortum amp oldid 1063972312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
