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Desmodium triflorum.jpg

Desmodium triflorum  (L.) DC.

Creeping Tick Trefoil, Three-flower Beggarweed

Plants > Angiosperms > Fabaceae > ​​​Desmodium triflorum

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: ​​Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: triflorum


  • Common names: Creeping Tick Trefoil, Three-flower Beggarweed
  • Thai names: ​​เกล็ดปลา klet pla (Bangkok), ผักแว่นโคก phak waen khok (Nakhon Si Thammarat), ผักแว่นดอย phak waen doi (Mae Hong Son), หญ้าเกล็ดหอย ya klet hoi (Bangkok), หญ้าตานทราย ya tan sai (Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son), หญ้าตานหอย ya tan hoi (Central), หนู่เต๊าะโพ nu-to-pho (Karen-Mae Hong Son)
  • Chinese names: 三点金 san dian jin
  • Distribution: Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; tropics of Africa, Americas, SW Asia, Australia, Pacific islands
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum
  • Map info: Provinces are highlighted according to phytogeographical areas as used in the Flora of Thailand project.
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Desmodium triflorum from Thailand.
Desmodium triflorum.jpg
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC Cheelong Chaiyaphum October

References: 
The Plant List
Forest Herbarium - BKF
Flora of China
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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