Trees & Plants

Horse bush

Haalhala, haulhala is

Dendrolobium umbellatum

Fairly common in most of the islands The plant is a fodder and the timber is used in construction. The crushed leaves and shoots are used to treat enlarged spleen. A decoction of the leaves is drunk as a general tonic and the flowers are used to ets treat gonorrhea and irregular

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uses: The plant is a fodder and the timber is used in construction. The crushed leaves and shoots are used to treat enlarged spleen. A decoction of the leaves is drunk as a general tonic and the flowers are used to ets treat gonorrhea and irregular menstruation. at
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC., Hedysarum umbellatum L.
description: Shrubs or small trees, branchlets A densely downy. Leaves trifoliolate; petioles to 3 cm., slightly furrowed; leaflets subcoriaceous, rhomboidal to ovate-elliptic, green and glabrous above, thinly grey- canescent or nearly glabrescent beneath, larger one at tips, roundish or broad-oblong, 5-8 cm long. Umbels 6-12-flowered; pedicels short, unequal. Calyx 5 mm. densely silky; teeth shorter than or as long as the tube. Corolla 3-15 mm. Pod 3-5 cm long; joints 4-5, thick, glabrescent or silky, indented at both sutures.
native range: Tropical Africa and Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands (L.) Benth.
distribution: Th roughout the tropics
english names: Horse bush · Sea vetch tree
flowering fruiting: June – February
occurrence maldives: Fairly common in most of the islands