ചെറുപുള്ളടി

Desmodium triflorum (L.)DC.  

Fabaceae 

Recently the accepted name is changed to 

Grona triflora . Desmodiun triflorum may be a synonym.

An important medicinal plant considered by many especially in Kerala as the classical drug Hamsapaadi - literally meaning the plant that resembles feet of Swan or even duck. Other two plants considered as Hamspaadi will be posted later

Sanskrit: त्रिपदी Tripadi 

Malayalam: Nilamparanta നിലംപരണ്ട 

ചെറുപുള്ളടി cherupullati 

Creeping Tick Trefoil

Three-flower beggarweed

Matty desmodium 

Hindi: Kudaliya, motha 

Mizo,oriya : Bawngekhlo

Marathi: chipti, ran-methi 

Tamil: Shirupulladi 

Kannada: kaadu pullampurasi

By Dr.Franco