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Desmodium

Desmodium is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time. Species are distributed widely – from Quebec to northern Argentina in the Americas, across northern and southern tropical Africa…

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Desmodium

Nodes86
Edges85
Triples101
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023256
Components1

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Desmodium

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related to Selected species · 26
Desmodium → BeckDesmodium, Bigelow, Britton, Canadian, Chiov, Curtis, DC, Don, Gray, GrayDesmodium, Greenleaf, Illinois, Jacq, Kaimi, Kunth, Labill, Loudon, Michx, Muell, Muhl
related to Formerly placed here · 17
Desmodium → Arn, Bedd, Benth, Codariocalyx, DC, Dendrolobium, Grona, Hook, Hylodesmum, Lespedeza, Maekawaea, Michx, Miq, Moritz, Ohwia, Oudem, Phyllodium
related to Taxonomy and systematics · 12
Desmodium → August Grisebach, Candolle, Codariocalyx, For, Hylodesmum, Lespedeza, Ohwia, Phyllodium, Related, Similarly, Taxonomic, The
related to References · 8
Desmodium → DEC-17, Genus Desmodium, ILDIS, Information Service, International Legume Database, November, Retrieved, Version
related to Uses · 8
Desmodium → Allelopathic, Asiatic, Chilo, For, Grona, Insects, Several Desmodium, Striga
related to External links · 5
Desmodium → Better Days Publishing, Genus Desmodium, Mydriatic Productions, Trout, Trout's Notes
related to Pharmacology of Desmodium adscendens · 4
Desmodium → Ca², Experimental, From, These
is a · 1
Desmodium → genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae
related to Alkaloids · 1
Desmodium → Some Desmodium

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dc podocarpum var species laxum tick-trefoil hylodesmum genus ssp non including oxyphyllum mandshuricum adscendens benth lespedeza plant gardneri auct thunbergii

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Desmodiumis agenus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae0.90text
Codariocalyxinstance ofRelated genera0.80text
Hylodesmuminstance ofRelated genera0.80text
Lespedezainstance ofRelated genera0.80text
Ohwiainstance ofRelated genera0.80text
and Phyllodium wereinstance ofRelated genera0.80text
sometimes still are included in Desmodium.Taxonomic authorities commonly disagree about the naminginstance ofRelated genera0.80text
placement of speciesinstance ofRelated genera0.80text
prostaglandinsinstance ofand the production of inflammatory mediators0.80text
leukotrienes.In vitroinstance ofand the production of inflammatory mediators0.80text
animal studies have shown that certain fractions of the plant can inhibit antigen-induced airway smooth muscle contractionsinstance ofand the production of inflammatory mediators0.80text
suggesting an effect on early stages of inflammatory mediator release.Preclinical data have also reported hepatoprotective effects of Desmodium adscendens extracts in models of chemically induced liver injuryinstance ofand the production of inflammatory mediators0.80text

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