Desmodium adscendens is another wondrous rainforest herb which has been utilized very effectively by native peoples for a wide variety of conditions including: hepatitis, liver cancer, protection of liver from cirrhosis, muscle, tendon, and spinal pain, rheumatism, asthma (has bronchial-dilating qualities) and eczema.
Desmodium adscendens (or adscendens) is a vine, which grows wild in the Amazon rainforest of Peru and other South American countries and on the West Coast of Africa as well.
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We report a technique to rescue old seed of "Desmodium" by germinating old seed on a nutrient agar medium in the laboratory and then transplanting the seedlings to soil in a greenhouse.
Seed that had been in cold storage for 12 and 47 years produced new shoot and root growth from 100% and 95%, respectively, of the entries when using this technique compared to 0 to 10% recovery when seed were planted directly into soil.
Technical Abstract: Tissue culture regeneration of "Desmodium" species explants from deteriorated see of "Desmodium" species were incubated at an 8 hr photoperiod at 26 C on MSB5 medium containing MS salts, B5 vitamins, 20g/L sucrose, and 8g/L agar.
Silverleaf desmodium has a similar climatic range to that of greenleaf desmodium, but is more suitable for areas susceptible to early frosts because it flowers about a month earlier.
Silverleaf has been especially useful at the wetter end of the Atherton Tableland where soils are more acid and temperatures colder in autumn and winter.
Silverleaf desmodium is distinguished from greenleaf by the presence of a broad, irregular silver band along the mid-rib of the leaf.
The Desmodium genus is a large one, with about 400 species of perennial and annual herbs growing in temperate and tropical regions in the Western hemisphere, Australia, and South Africa.
In the South American tropics, Desmodium axillare, a closely related plant, is used interchangeably in herbal medicine systems.
It does not appear to be affected by powdery mildew to the same extent as Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil).
In some older sources of information, this plant is referred to as Desmodium dillenii and Desmodium glabellum.
However, Desmodium glabellum is now considered a separate species with an appearance that is quite similar to Perplexing Tick Trefoil, while Desmodium dillenii is considered a defunct classification.
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Description: Desmodium has been utilized traditionally by native peoples, typically in tea form.
Uses: Desmodium has been recommended by native practitioners for a wide variety of reasons including:
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