Hedysarum cephalotes Roxb.

, Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 3: 360 (1832). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77219684-1
Publication
Flora Indica; or, Descriptions of Indian Plants. By the Late William Roxburgh. Serampore
Collation
3: 360
Family as entered in IPNI
Leguminosae

Type Information

Locality
& collection: A native of the interior parts of Bengal, and from thence introduced by Dr. W. Carey into the Botanic garden where it is in blossom most part of the year; the seed ripens during the cold season
Distribution Of Types
India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)

Remarks

E. I. C. mus. tab. 1620 has an illustration

Links

Basionym of
Dendrolobium cephalotes (Roxb.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 216, 218 (1852).
Basionym of
Desmodium cephalotes (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 224 (1834).
Validation of
Hedysarum cephalotes Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 57 (1814), nom. inval.