Herbe Aux Lacs
Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium repandum
(Hylodesmum repandum)
Observed along a road cut through Kakamega Forest, Kenya. October 2016.
FLOWERS: The orange to red-pea flowers are widely spaced on an open panicle.
PERENNIAL: Upright or climbing over other plants reaching perhaps 2 m and somewhat woody at base in mature plants.
LEAVES: Leaves are compound with three deltoid leaflets. These may be variegated.
RANGE: Widely distributed in tropical Africa and Asia. Prefers moist soil areas.
FRUIT: The small bean pods are clearly segmented between the small bean-seeds. These pods are covered with hooked hairs
that cause them to adhere to clothing of fur.
UNARMED.
Fabaceae -- Bean Family -- Paplionoideae - Typical Bean Family
More Information:
- Book: Upland Kenya Wild Flowers and Ferns by A. D. Q. Agnew, 3rd Revised Edition, 2013, Nature Kenya - The East Africa Natural History Society
- Flora of Zimbabwe
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Google Images
- Google Scholar Literature Search