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Hylodesmum repandum
Orange Tick-trefoil
As recorded: Desmodium repandum (Vahl) Poir.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Koster, Ch.
- Collector number
- BW 13887
- Date
- May 20, 1962
- Locality
- Minjambau, Arfak Mts
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- West Papua Province, Indonesia
- Elevation
- 1,220 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 20, 1962, Koster, Ch. also collected 6 other specimens.
Hylodesmum repandum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 292 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24
Rustenburg, South Africa
(c) Reuben Heydenrych, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Modiyo Gonbora, Etiopien
(c) Kristoffer Hylander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06
Eastern Highlands, PG
(c) tropicos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-29
Sri Lanka
(c) cheavy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-20
Nyamasheke, RW-OU, RW
(c) Freddie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-15
Nyamasheke, RW
(c) degilbo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hylodesmum repandum. BISH 418730. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956521188. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/418730.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956521188 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
