Three Flowered Trickle Foil
Desmodium triflorum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Desmodium triflorum
- Genus
- Desmodium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands, Moist deciduous forests, and plains
- Distribution
- Cosmopolitan
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
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 Three Flowered Trickle Foil 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 Three Flowered Trickle Foil itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- பொரி கரப்பான்
- Malayalam
- നിലമ്പരണ്ട
About Three Flowered Trickle Foil
Three Flowered Trickle foil (Desmodium triflorum) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and 24 other states. It grows in grasslands, Moist deciduous forests, and plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Three Flowered Trickle Foil belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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