Grona triflora
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| Inflorescence in Kerala | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Grona |
| Species: | G. triflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Grona triflora (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi | |
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Synonymy
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Grona triflora, also known as Desmodium triflorum, 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.[3][4][2]
Phytochemicals
[edit]Grona triflora contains alkaloids including N,N-dimethyltryptophan methyl ester, dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide, hypaphorine (structurally related to plakohypaphorine), phenylethylamine, hordenine, tyramine, and trigonelline.[5][6]
Medicinal applications and qualities
[edit]Creeping tick trefoil has been utilized in folk medicine. Conditions it has been used for include wounds, diarrhea, rheumatism, dysentery, and skin diseases.[7]
Known substances found in trefoils include alkaloids and flavonoids. The entire plant is used in human nutritional treatment.[7]
Agricultural applications
[edit]Creeping tick trefoil is used in agriculture similarly to the closely related Desmodium; see Desmodium#uses.
Gallery
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Foliage
Fruit and seeds
At Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden
References
[edit]- ↑ NatureServe (4 September 2026). "Desmodium triflorum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Grona triflora (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
- ↑ "Grona triflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "Grona triflora". Tropical Forages. Australian Government: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. 2020. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ↑ Ghosal, S.; Srivastava, R. S.; Bhattacharya, S. K.; Debnath, P. K. (June 1973). "Desmodiumalkaloids". Planta Medica. 23 (4): 321–329. Bibcode:1973PlMed..23..321G. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1099451. PMID 4269926.
- ↑ Ghosal, S.; Srivastava, R. S.; Banerjee, P. K.; Dutta, S. K. (December 1971). "Alkaloids of Desmodium triflorum". Phytochemistry. 10 (12): 3312–3313. Bibcode:1971PChem..10.3312G. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97411-9.
- 1 2 Herbpathy https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Creeping-Tick-Trefoil-Cid1166 retrieved 17 Oct 2022
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- Grona (plant)
- Flora of East Tropical Africa
- Flora of South Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
- Flora of tropical Asia
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of South-Central China
- Flora of Southeast China
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Hainan
- Flora of the Western Indian Ocean
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of the Pacific
- Flora of Papuasia
- Flora of the Ryukyu Islands
- Flora of Taiwan
- Flora of Venezuela
- Plants described in 1753
- Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus