What is desmodium used for?

What is desmodium used for?

and Desmodium gyrans (L. f.) DC., have a long history of medical use in Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat various ailments including rheumatism, pyrexia, dysentery, wounds, cough, malaria, hepatitis, hemoptysis, etc.

What is the common name for desmodium?

Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice.

Is desmodium a vine?

Usually a long-lived creeping or scrambling vine with stems up to 1.5 m long. Its stems are densely covered with hooked or curved hairs and readily adhere to skin or clothing.

Is desmodium a legume?

Greenleaf desmodium (Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb.) is a large perennial (pluri-annual) tropical forage legume. It is a branched decumbent plant with long trailing and climbing pubescent stems that root at the nodes.

How long does desmodium take to mature?

Desmodium – Napier mixture: First harvest should be at least four months after establishment or when the Napier is about 1 m high and at an interval of 4 to 10 weeks thereafter.

Is desmodium good for rabbits?

The palatability evaluation showed that Calliandra calothyrsus was most appreciated by rabbits; Desmodium intortum and Leucaena diversifolia had a moderate palatability. The weight gain showed that rabbits which received a supplement of Leucaena diversifolia grew better than those fed on local forages.

How do you grow Desmodium in Kenya?

Prepare a fine seedbed. Mix seed with triple superphosphate fertilizer (2 kg seed with 1 bag of TSP per acre). Sow seed mixed with phosphate into the furrows and cover thwm with a little soil. Hand weed your plot regularly, at least 6 weeks after planting and when weeds appear.

What is Desmodium grass?

Desmodium is a large perennial tropical forage legume. It does better at altitudes between 500 and 2500 m in the tropics. It grows well on slopes. It can be grown in areas where annual rainfall is above 900 mm and up to 3000 mm.

Is desmodium a perennial?

Desmodium is an herby perennial. Some varieties grow tall, up to two to four feet (0.5 to 1 meter), but they tend to grow more like a trailing ground cover. They will climb if given the right support.

Is desmodium a grass?

Desmodium is a legume that is commonly used as a protein supplement in dairy cattle, with many farmers growing it to cut production costs. The crop has numerous varieties but the most common are greenleaf and silverleaf.

How do you harvest desmodium?

Hand weed your plot regularly, at least 6 weeks after planting and when weeds appear. Harvest the seed weekly when the pods turn hand stripping the ripe pods. Sun-dry and thresh the pods on a hard surface using a stone. Winnow to get clean seed.

Where does desmodium grow?

Desmodium intortum – (Mill.) Urb.