Asian tick trefoil
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
des-MOH-dee-um -- from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods ... Dave's Botanary
het-er-oh-KAR-pon -- from the Greek heteros (different) and karpos (fruit) ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Asian tick trefoil, carpon desmodium • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvara • Marathi: जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashami • Sanskrit: शालपर्णी salaparni • Telugu: చెప్పుతట్ట chepputatta • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire
Native to: e tropical Africa, s China, e & s-e Asia, Indian subcontinent, n Australia, Pacific; naturalized elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • Herbarium JCB
Asian tick trefoil
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
des-MOH-dee-um -- from the Greek desmos (band or chain), refers to jointed seed pods ... Dave's Botanary
het-er-oh-KAR-pon -- from the Greek heteros (different) and karpos (fruit) ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Asian tick trefoil, carpon desmodium • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಮೂವಿಲೆ kaadu moovile • Malayalam: നിലത്തുവര nilaththuvara • Marathi: जांभळी दशमी jambhali dashami • Sanskrit: शालपर्णी salaparni • Telugu: చెప్పుతట్ట chepputatta • Tulu: ಕಾಟ್ಟುಮೂಜಿರೆ kattumoojire
Native to: e tropical Africa, s China, e & s-e Asia, Indian subcontinent, n Australia, Pacific; naturalized elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • Herbarium JCB