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Taxon:  Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.



Summary
Genus:
Phyllodium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Desmodiinae
Nomen number:
311323
Place of publication:
J. Bot. Agric. 1:124, t. 5. 1813 "pulchrum"
Comment:
Desvaux indicated his species as "Phyllodium pulchrum (Hedysar. L.)", but Linnaeus had published this as Hedysarum pulchellum, a spelling later (1826) adopted by Desvaux
Verified:
09/28/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hedysarum pulchellum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth.
Meibomia pulchella (L.) Kuntze

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Reference(s)
  1. Cheung, Siu-cheong & Ning-hon Li, eds. Chinese medicinal herbs of Hong Kong. 1978-
  2. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  3. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  4. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
  5. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  6. Keuchenius, A. A. M. N. 1924. Botanische kernmerken en cultuurwaarde als groenbernester van een 60-tal nieuwe soorten van Leguminosen. Meded. Proefstat. Thee 90:1-44.
  7. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983
  8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  10. Ohashi, H. 1973. The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana 1:276.
  11. Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
  12. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
Japanese Rōmaji
uchiwa-tsunagi –
Transcribed Chinese
pai qian cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311323. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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