Fabaceae
Threeleaf derris
Derris trifoliata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Derris
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- دريس منقعي
- Chinese
- 三葉魚藤, 魚藤, 鱼藤, 三叶鱼藤, 毒鱼藤, 篓藤
- English
- Threeleaf derris
- Japanese
- シイノキカズラ
- Malayalam
- പൊന്നുംവള്ളി
- szy
- Sadim
- Thai
- ถอบแถบทะเล
- Vietnamese
- Cóc kèn
Synonyms
- Brachypterum floribundum Miq.
- Dalbergia acuminata Hassk.
- Dalbergia heterophylla Willd.
- Dalbergia radicans Zipp. ex Miq.
- Dalbergia repens Span.
- Deguelia floribunda (Miq.) Taub.
- Deguelia multiflora (Benth.) Taub.
- Deguelia trifoliata (Lour.) Taub.
- Deguelia uliginosa (Willd.) Baill.
- Deguelia uliginosa var. loureiri Benth.
- Derris affinis Benth.
- Derris floribunda Prain
- Derris floribunda (Miq.) Benth.
- Derris forsteniana Blume ex Miq.
- Derris heterophylla (Willd.) Backer ex K.Heyne
- Derris heteropylla (Willd.) Backer
- Derris multiflora Benth.
- Derris trifoliata var. macrocarpa Domin
- Derris uliginosa (Willd.) Benth.
- Derris uliginosa var. loureiroi Benth.
- Galedupa uliginosa (Willd.) Roxb.
- Pongamia lucida Graham
- Pongamia madagascariensis Baker
- Pongamia madagascariensis Bojer ex Baker
- Pongamia maritima Wight ex Wall.
- Pongamia piscatoria Seem.
- Pongamia religiosa Wight
- Pongamia triphylla Wight
- Pongamia uliginosa (Willd.) DC.
- Pterocarpus floribundus (Miq.) Kuntze
- Pterocarpus forstenianus (Blume ex Miq.) Kuntze
- Pterocarpus frutescens Blanco
- Pterocarpus multiflorus (Benth.) Kuntze
- Pterocarpus trifoliatus (Lour.) Kuntze
- Pterocarpus uliginosus (Willd.) Roxb. ex G.Don
- Robinia uliginosa Willd.
- Sweetia uliginosa (Willd.) G.Don
- Tephrosia uliginosa (Willd.) Spreng.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.