Desmodium uncinatum

Desmodium uncinatum, the silverleaf desmodium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Latin America, and introduced as a fodder to various locales in Africa, India, New Guinea, Australia and Hawaii.^[1] Although chiefly a fodder, it can also be used for pasture, deferred feed, cut-and-carry, hay, ground cover, and mulch.^[2] It is considered invasive in Australia and Hawaii.^[2]

Desmodium uncinatum
Foliage
Close-up of flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Desmodium
Species:	D. uncinatum
Binomial name
Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
List Desmodium hjalmarsonii (Schindl.) Standl. Desmodium pilosiusculum DC. Desmodium sandwicense E.Mey. Desmodium sinclairii Benth. Desmodium uncinatum var. gracile Burkart Hedysarum adhaerens Vahl Hedysarum mexicanum Sweet Hedysarum uncinatum Jacq. Hedysarum virgatum Cerv. ex Sweet Meibomia hjalmarsonii Schindl. Meibomia limensis var. pilosiuscula (DC.) Schindl. Meibomia pilosiuscula (DC.) Hochr. Meibomia sinclairii (Benth.) Schindl. Meibomia uncinata (Jacq.) Kuntze

This species of Desmodium has also found use in the push-pull technology for pest management where it is grown as an intercrop between rows of a cereal crop to control stem-boring insects and fall armyworms. Together with D. intortum (greenleaf desmodium) they are the most common two intercrops of push-pull technology.^[3][4]