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Fabaceae

Asian ticktrefoil

Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Grona

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Asian ticktrefoil: Desmodium heterocarpon , Asian Tick Trefoil, is a nearly erect sub shrub usually 0.5-1.5 m tall. Stems usually many-branched, appressed pubescent in upper part.
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
假地豆, 稗豆, 山花生, 假花生, 山地豆
English
Asian ticktrefoil, Carpon desmodium
Malayalam
നിലത്തുവര

Synonyms

  • Desmodium buergeri var. patulepilosum Ohwi
  • Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
  • Desmodium heterocarpon subsp. heterocarpon
  • Desmodium heterocarpon var. heterocarpon
  • Desmodium heterocarpon var. patulepilosum (Ohwi) Ohwi
  • Desmodium heterocarpum (L.) DC.
  • Desmodium heterophyllum var. buergeri (Miq.) Hosok.
  • Desmodium polycarpum (Poir.) DC.
  • Desmodium polycarpum var. trichocaulon (DC.) Baker
  • Hedysarum heterocarpon L.
  • Hedysarum polycarpum Poir.
  • Meibomia heterocarpa (L.) Kuntze
  • Pleurolobus heterocarpus (L.) J.St.-Hil.

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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). About our plant data.