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Common name

English: Tick clover

Mandarin: 三点金 (san dian jin)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2605)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2502)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2117)

      Order: Fabales (238)

        Family: Fabaceae (238)(family description)

          Genus: Desmodium (9)

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

triflorum => three-flowered

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Desmodium triflorum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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