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 Edit this 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.

References
  1. "Grona triflora". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  2. "Grona triflora". Tropical Forages. Australian Government: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. "Grona triflora (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. Ghosal, S.; Srivastava, R. S.; Bhattacharya, S. K.; Debnath, P. K. (June 1973). "Desmodiumalkaloids". Planta Medica. 23 (4): 321–329. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1099451. PMID 4269926.
  5. Ghosal, S.; Srivastava, R. S.; Banerjee, P. K.; Dutta, S. K. (December 1971). "Alkaloids of Desmodium triflorum". Phytochemistry. 10 (12): 3312–3313. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97411-9.
  6. Herbpathy https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Creeping-Tick-Trefoil-Cid1166 retrieved 17 Oct 2022
  7. Herbpathy https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Creeping-Tick-Trefoil-Cid1166 retrieved 17 Oct 2022


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