Grona triflora

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]

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  Foliage
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  Fruit and seeds
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  At Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden

Grona triflora
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
Synonyms[1]
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. Hedysarum triflorum L. Meibomia triflora (L.) Kuntze

Phytochemicals

Grona triflora (Desmodium triflorum) contains alkaloids including N,N-dimethyltryptophan methyl ester, dimethyltryptamine-N-oxide, hypaphorine (structurally related to plakohypaphorine), phenylethylamine, hordenine, tyramine, and trigonelline.^[4][5]

Medicinal applications and qualities

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]

Agricultural applications

Creeping tick trefoil is used in agriculture similarly to the closely related Desmodium; see Desmodium#uses.