As recorded for Three Flowered Trickle Foil
Desmodium triflorum
Three Flowered Trickle Foil നിലമ്പരണ്ട
Malayalam name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Three Flowered Trickle Foil in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Tamil | பொரி கரப்பான் | Not recorded |
| Malayalam | നിലമ്പരണ്ട | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Tamil
- பொரி கரப்பான்
- Malayalam
- നിലമ്പരണ്ട
Ecology & growing context
- Recorded habitat
- Grasslands, Moist deciduous forests, and plains
- Explore nearby plants
- Maharashtra →Kerala →Karnataka →
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How to identify Three Flowered Trickle Foil
Identify Three Flowered Trickle Foil by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Three Flowered Trickle Foil.
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
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
- 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.
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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