✿Fabaceae · Desmodium
Orange Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium repandum
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- October-April
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Orange Tick-Trefoil itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Orange Tick-Trefoil itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Orange Tick-Trefoil
A member of the Fabaceae family, Orange Tick-trefoil (Desmodium repandum) is a herb. It grows in moist and shaded places of deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Orange Tick-Trefoil belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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