Hylodesmum podocarpum (Dc.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill

Herbs, erect, 50-110 cm tall. Stem and petiole sparsely spreading pubescent or glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 2-12 cm; terminal leaflet blade variable in shape and size, broadly ovate, ovate, or rhombic to narrowly lanceolate. Racemes or panicles, terminal or terminal and axillary, 20-30 cm, elongated to 40 cm at fruiting, often 2-flowered at each node. Pedicel 2-4 mm, elongated to 5-6 mm at fruiting. Calyx ca. 2 mm; lobes shorter than tube. Corolla purplish red, ca. 4 mm; standard broadly obovate; wings narrowly elliptic; keel similar to wings, not clawed. Ovary stipitate. Legume ca. 1.6 cm, often 2-jointed; articles slightly broadly subobovate, 5-10 × 3-4 mm, with hooked and minute straight hairs; stipe 3-5 mm; fruiting pedicel ca. 6 mm. 2n = 22*.

Roadsides, grassy slopes, grasslands on high mountains, mountain slopes, forests, thickets, forest margins and ditches; at elevations from 100-2,100 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs scarification and soaking.