Dendrolobium triangulare
Dendrolobium triangulare | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Desmodieae |
Subtribe: | Desmodiinae |
Genus: | Dendrolobium |
Species: | D. triangulare |
Binomial name | |
Dendrolobium triangulare Muell.Arg. | |
Synonyms | |
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Dendrolobium triangulare is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is found in Taiwan, China, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and few African countries. Leaves are trifoliate, where blade narrowly obovo-elliptic. Flowers white or pale yellow. Seed elliptic. Roots of the plant are widely used for medicinal purposes to strengthen bones and build muscle. [2]
References
- A novel azo-type compound from Dendrolobium triangulare
- New Distributional Records to the Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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