Desmodium triflorum (L.)DC.

English: Tick clover

Mandarin: 三点金 (san dian jin)

Kingdom: Plantae (2654)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Desmodium (9)

            Epithet: triflorum (L.)DC. (1)

triflorum => three-flowered

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

Check for Desmodium triflorum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
• [1045] Desmodium triflorum - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.