• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Fabaceae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Basionym : Hedysarum triflorum L.
• Synonym(s) : Desmodium triflorum var. minus Wight & Arn.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Grona triflora (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
• Common name : Three Flowered Trickle foil
• Vernacular name :
  • Kudaliya (Hindi)
  • Kadupullam purache, Kadu avare gida (Kannada)
  • Muntamandu (Telugu)
  • Kuradia gachha, Katkana, Kaan sisna, Lathna (Oria)
  • Tripadi (Sanskrit)
  • Cherupulladi, Cherupalladi, Kunnappalai, Nilamparanda, Nilampulladi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands, Tropical moist deciduous forests, and plains
• Comments / notes : On plains up to 1600m with a wide range of habitats. Optimum size in clayey soil, especially by river beds and along roadsides.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
  • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chamarajanagara district, Kolar district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagere district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Thane district
  • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • West Bengal : West Bengal
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
  • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
• Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvad
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Leeward Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Windward Islands, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
  • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 202-203
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium triflorum
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Desmodium triflorum. Downloaded on 30 January 2026.

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