Taxon: Grona heterocarpa (L.) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi subsp. ovalifolia (Prain) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi

Summary

Genus:

Grona

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Nomen number:

485413

Place of publication:

J. Jap. Bot. 93:114. 2018

Verified:

08/09/2019 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Desmodium polycarpon (Poir.) DC. var. ovalifolium Prain

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. subsp. ovalifolium (Prain) H. Ohashi
Desmodium ovalifolium (Prain) Wall. ex Merr.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Ohashi, H. & K. Ohashi. 2018. Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae). J. Jap. Bot. 93:114.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia		Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos		Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar		Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand		Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam		Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia		't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:108-110.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia	Malaya	't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:108-110.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines		't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:108-110.
2	Cultivated				also cult.	't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:108-110.

Native
Asia-Tropical

INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia (Malaya), Philippines

Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)

Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:108-110.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage		't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:108-110. Note: as Desmodium heterocarpon subsp. ovalifolium
Environmental	soil improver		't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:108-110. Note: as Desmodium heterocarpon subsp. ovalifolium

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=485413. Accessed 15 April 2026.