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Desmodium strangulatum W. & A. var. sinuatum Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
17 (1855) 255. 
Meibomia sinuata O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 198. 
Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc, Kalinga, Lepanto), Mindanao (Bukidnon, Da- 
vao). In thickets, ravines, and forests, altitude 1,200 to 2,400 m. India 
to Formosa southward to New Guinea. j 
Local names: Karindapit (Buk.); kopat (Ig.); pulot (If.). 
DESMODIUM GANGETICUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 827; Blanco 
Fl]. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 408, ed. 3, 2 (1879) 384; Miq. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 1° (1855) 247; A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. 
(1854) 433; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886), 107; Perk. Frag. 
F]. Filip. (1904) 18; Merr. in Philip. Journ, Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
65, 3 (1908) Bot. 81, 5 (1910) Bot. 87, Fl. Manila (1912) 241, Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 182. 
Hedysarum gangeticum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) ‘746. 
Desmodium gangeticum Linn. var. neaei DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327. 
Hippocrepis multisiliquosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 584, non Linn. 
Meibomia gangetica O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 196. 
Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in thickets, 
open secondary forests, waste places, etc.; common. Tropics of the Old 
World, introduced in tropical America. 
Local names: Andudtkut (Sul.); dikit-dikit (Tag.); kupkupies-ng- 
babasit (Ilk.) ; mangkit (Tag.) ; paiang-paiang (Tag.) ; pega-péga (C. Bis.). 
DESMODIUM GYRANS (Linn. f.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. 
Vase. Filip. (1886) 107; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 18; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 86. 
Hedysarum gyrans Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) 332. 
Meibomia gyrans O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1791) 196. 
Luzon (Cagayan, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Mindanao 
(Davao, Bukidnon). In thickets, ravines, etc., chiefly at medium altitudes. 
India to Formosa, southward through Malaya to tropical Australia. 
Local names: Dipdipil (Bon.) ; dumdum (Buk.); sigbut-hapang (Bag.). 
DESMODIUM GYROIDES (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 326; Baker in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 175; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
5 (1910) Bot. 86. 
Hedysarum gyroides Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 57, nomen nudum. 
Meibomia gyroides O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 196. 
Mindanao (Lanao), Palawan, Clemens 369, Merrill 9472. On slopes 
bordering forests, in thickets near lake shores, etc., at low and medium 
altitudes; very local. India to Formosa southward to New Guinea. 
Local names: Karikut-rikut (Bag.); koer (Bag.). 
DESMODIUM HETEROCARPUM (Linn.) DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 337; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 84. 
Hedysarum heterocarpum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) '747. 
Hedysarum polycarpon Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 413. 
Desmodium polycarpum DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 334; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 
(1880) 62; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 108, Rev. Pl. Vasc. 
