形態特徵

• Leaves trifoliolate; leaflet subcoriaceous, the terminal one oblong or obovate-oblong, 2–3 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, the lateral ones smaller, the apex obtuse, rounded or mucronate, the veins slightly raised on both surfaces, curved upwards near the margins, green glabrous above, grey hairy beneath; petioles 1–1.5 cm long; stipules lanceolate, cuspidate, 10 mm long.
• Flowers crowded in dense terminal pseudoracemes; pedicels glabrous, 3–5 mm long, upwards; bracts ovate, lanceolate, cuspidate or acuminate, margins ciliated, deciduous; calyx-teeth acuminate; corolla 5 mm long.
• (Desmodium heterocarpon)

分布

• 台灣 : Taiwan, in margin of thickets, wasteland, roadside, at elevation below 1000 m high, thrughout the island.
• 世界 : Tropical Africa and Asia;

引證標本

TAIPEI: Taipei, Huang 309. TAINAN: Wushantou, Huang 1985. KAOHSIUNG: Hsiaolin, Huang 3322; Takanshan, Huang 13312. TAITUNG: Chihpen, Tateishi et al. 15463.

參考文獻

• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang, Taiwania 32(1): 11-118. 1987.
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 255. .  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit., 台灣植物誌第二版)