Taxon:
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:334. 1825
Verified:
03/01/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
three-flower beggarweed – three-flower ticktrefoil – India
kuddalia – Portuguese
amor-do-campo – Spanish
hierba cuartillo – Transcribed Chinese
san dian jin –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Seychelles | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Celebes | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Irian Jaya | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Moluccas | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sumatra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Singapore | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | North Indian Ocean | Maldives | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Christmas Island | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Marshall Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Northern Mariana Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | South-Central Pacific | French Polynesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Nauru | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Malawi, Zambia
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Cameroon, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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CHINA:
China [Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
New Guinea, Indonesia [Celebes, Irian Jaya, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Sumatra], Philippines, Singapore
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NORTH INDIAN OCEAN:
Maldives
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zimbabwe
Asia-Tropical
-
MALESIA:
Christmas Island
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Nauru, Samoa
Southern America
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
lawn/turf (for lawns fide F Panama) – Human food
vegetable (in Myanmar fide L Edible Pl) – Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):249. 1999) – Weed
(fide F Panama) –