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Hylodesmum laxum (DC.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill   (redirected from: Desmodium laxum DC.)
Family: Fabaceae
[Desmodium austrojaponense Ohwi, moreDesmodium laxum DC., Desmodium laxum subsp. falfolium H.Ohashi, Desmodium polycarpon var. laxum (DC.) Baker, Hylodesmum laxum subsp. falfolium (H.Ohashi) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill, Podocarpium laxum (DC.) Y.C.Yang & P.H.Huang, Podocarpium laxum var. laterale (Schindl.) Y.C.Yang & P.H.Huang]
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Japan Flora: Perennial herb slightly woody at base, 60-100 cm. high; stems erect, usually simple, slightly pilose; stipules lanceolate, 3- to 5- nerved, 3-5 mm. long, deciduous; leaves chartaceous, deep green on upper side, slightly paler beneath, with appressed hairs especially on midrib on upper side, the terminal leaflets ovate to broadly so, 6-10 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, acuminate, the lateral leaflets slightly smaller, rounded-truncate at base on outer margin; racemes loosely flowered, 10-30 cm. long, short- pilose, the bracts subulate, minute; flowers about 7 mm. long, reddish purple; calyx-lobes depressed; legumes with stipe 10- 15 mm. long, the joints 2 or 3, semi-obovate, 8-13 mm. long, minutely pubescent. Aug.-Oct. Woods.

Honshu (Totomi Prov.), Shikoku, Kyushu; rare. China and Formosa to India and Malaysia.

Hylodesmum laxum
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