Grona styracifolia (Osbeck) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Coin-leaf desmodium (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Grona

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.53 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer present
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Mountain slopes, grasslands and thickets at elevations below 1000 metres in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei and S Yunnan Provinces.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Appetite stimulants (root), Laxatives (root), Menstruation-inducing agents (root), Deobstruent (root), Fever (unspecified), Gall (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Stone (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification and soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Grona styracifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Grona styracifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Canada, China, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Palau, Thailand, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77187440-1
WFO ID wfo-0001423688
COL ID 353J4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Desmodium celebicum Desmodium rotundifolium Hedysarum styracifolium Nicolsonia styracifolia Uraria styracifolia Desmodium styracifolium Hedysarum variegatum Hedysarum decumbens Grona styracifolia Hedysarum conicum Desmodium strigillosum subsp. celebicum