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
