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Desmodium triflorum (L.)DC.

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Desmodium triflorum (L.)DC.
Desmodium triflorum (L.)DC.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAeschynomene triflora Poir.
synonymDesmodium albiflorum Cordem.
synonymDesmodium bullamense G.Don
synonymDesmodium caespitosum Bojer
synonymDesmodium granulatum Walp.
synonymDesmodium stipulaceum (Burm.f.)Hassk.
synonymDesmodium triflorum var. adpressum Ohwi
synonymDesmodium triflorum var. minus Wight & Arn.
synonymDesmodium triflorum var. pygmaeum Hoehne
synonymDesmodium triflorum var. villosum Wight & Arn.
synonymHedysarum granulatum Schum.
synonymHedysarum stipulaceum Burm.f.
synonymHedysarum triflorum L.
synonymHippocrepis humilis Blanco
synonymMeibomia triflora (L.)Kuntze
synonymMeibomia triflora var. glabrescens Kuntze
synonymMeibomia triflora var. pilosa Kuntze
synonymNicolsonia reptans Hook.f. & Benth.
synonymNicolsonia triflora Griseb.
synonymPleurolobus triflorus J.St.-Hil.
synonymSagotia triflora (L.)Duchass. & Walp.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Kodalia
Bengali
  • Kudaliya
Hindi
  • Kudaliya
  • Motha
Kannada
  • Kaadu Menthe
  • Kaadu Pullampurasi
  • Kaadu Pullam Purasi
Malayalam
  • Cherupalladi
  • Cherupulladi
  • Kunnappalai
  • Munta-mandu
  • Nilamparanda
  • Nilamparanta
  • Nilampulladi
Marathi
  • Chipti
  • Ran-methi
Nepali
  • बुटे कनिके Bute Kanike
Oriya
  • Bawngekhlo
  • Kansisna
Other
  • Bawngekhlo
  • Cherupulladi
  • Creeping Tick Trefoil
  • Matty Desmodium
  • Nilamparanda
  • Sirupulladi
  • Three-flower Beggarweed
  • Tropical Trefoil
Sanskrit
  • त्रिपदी Tripadi
  • हंसपदी Hamsapadi
Tamil
  • Ciru Pullati
  • Sirupulladi
  • Sirupullati
Telugu
  • Moohoodoo
  • Moordoo
  • Muntamandu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: Undershrub
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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        Much branched glabrescent prostrate herbs, rooting at nodes. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 0.3-1.5 x 0.3-1.4 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex turncate or emarginate, lateral leaflets smaller than the terminal one; petiole 1.5 cm long; stipule c. 5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers 3-4 mm long, 1-4 together in the axils of leaves; pedicels 4-6 mm long, capillary; bracts c. 2 mm long, ovate, ciliate. Calyx c. 3 mm long, covered with long silky hairs; lobes unequal, lanceolate. Petals pink to violet; standard c. 3 mm long, obovate; wings c. 2 mm long; keels to 4 mm long. Pods 1-1.5 cm long, 3-5-jointed, lower margin deeply indented, upper entire; joints hairy or glabrous, reticulate-veined, longer than broad.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: July-December
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in plains
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in plains
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                On walls, wastelands wetlands, moistplaces, irrigation channels, along streams
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  Indo-Malesia and Australia

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                    Global Distribution

                    India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan

                    Indian Distribution

                    Kamrup, Bongaigaon, Barak Valley

                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                      Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Siddha
                        Siddha
                        Medicinal
                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=798
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                            📚 Information Listing
                            References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=798
                            1. Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. var. minus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 229. 1834.
                            2. Hedysarum triflorum L., Sp. Pl. 249. 1753.
                            3. Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC., Prodr. 2: 334. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 173. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 347(245). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 84. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 128. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 79. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 140. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 129. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 159. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 163. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 149. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 101. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 141. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 197. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 102. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 95. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 93. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 176. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 222. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 287. 2009.
                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                            Information Listing > References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=798
                            2. Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. var. minus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 229. 1834.
                            3. Hedysarum triflorum L., Sp. Pl. 249. 1753.
                            4. Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC., Prodr. 2: 334. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 173. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 347(245). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 84. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 128. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 79. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 140. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 129. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 159. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 163. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 149. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 101. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 141. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 197. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 102. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 95. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 93. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 176. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 222. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 287. 2009.
                            5. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000

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                            📚 Meta data
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                            🐾 Taxonomy
                            RootRoot
                            KingdomPlantae
                            PhylumTracheophyta
                            ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                            OrderFabales
                            FamilyFabaceae
                            GenusDesmodium
                            SpeciesDesmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
                            📊 Temporal Distribution
                            📷 Related Observations
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