Grona triflora | |
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Inflorescence in Kerala | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Grona |
Species: | G. triflora
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Binomial name | |
Grona triflora (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Grona triflora, known as creeping tick trefoil or three-flower beggarweed, is a plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical regions around the globe and introduced to subtropical regions including the southern United States. [1] [2] [3]
Grona triflora (Desmodium triflorum) contains alkaloids including N,N-dimethyl tryptophan methyl ester, dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide, hypaphorine (structurally related to plakohypaphorine), phenylethylamine, hordenine, tyramine, and trigonelline. [4] [5]
Creeping tick trefoil has been utilized in folk medicine. Conditions it has been used for include wounds, diarrhea, rheumatism, dysentery, and skin diseases. [6]
Known substances found in trefoils include alkaloids and flavonoids. The entire plant is used in human nutritional treatment. [7]
Creeping tick trefoil is used in agriculture similarly to the closely related Desmodium; see Desmodium#uses.