Taxon: Grona triflora (L.) H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi

Summary

Genus:

Grona

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Nomen number:

485407

Place of publication:

J. Jap. Bot. 93:117. 2018

Verified:

08/09/2019 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

6 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Hedysarum triflorum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
Meibomia triflora (L.) Kuntze

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Ohashi, H. & K. Ohashi. 2018. Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae). J. Jap. Bot. 93:117.
Uddin, M. K. et al. 2010. Characterizing weed populations in different turfgrass sites throughout the Klang Valley of Western Peninsular Malaysia. Weed Technol. 24:173-181. DOI: 10.1614/WT-09-046.1. Note: as Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	three-flower beggarweed		1	Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31 Note: as Desmodium triflorum
English	three-flower ticktrefoil		1	Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource). Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Chinese	san dian jin	三点金	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Desmodium triflorum
India	kuddalia		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Portuguese	amor-do-campo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Spanish	hierba cuartillo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: as Desmodium triflorum

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Seychelles			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Ryukyu Islands		International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran			Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan			Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India			Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Maldives			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka			Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar			Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand			Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam			Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa		Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Lesser Sunda Islands		Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Maluku		Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sulawesi		Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sumatera		Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Singapore			Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Indonesia	Papua		Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	New Guinea			Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory		Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland		Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cayman Islands			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe			Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Christmas Island			Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Marshall Islands			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Palau			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	United States	Northern Mariana Islands		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Nauru			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Samoa			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Malawi, Zambia
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Iran
CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan
PAPUASIA: New Guinea, Indonesia [Papua]
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera], Philippines, Singapore

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]

Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico], St. Vincent and Grenadines
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
BRAZIL: Brazil

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa

SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe

Asia-Tropical

MALESIA: Christmas Island

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States [Northern Mariana Islands]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Nauru, Samoa

Southern America

NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname

Reference(s)

Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
International Legume Database & Information Service. International Legume Database and Information Service (on-line resource).
Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
Lock, J. M. & C. S. Ford. 2004. Legumes of Malesia: a checklist
Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. 1994. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist
Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. 1991. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist
Lock, J. M. 1989. Legumes of Africa: a checklist
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage		't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:116. Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Environmental	lawn/turf	for lawns	Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Human food	vegetable	in Myanmar	Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Medicines	folklore		Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):249. Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Weed			Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. Note: as Desmodium triflorum
Weed		weed in lawns and turf fields	Uddin, M. K. et al. 2010. Characterizing weed populations in different turfgrass sites throughout the Klang Valley of Western Peninsular Malaysia. Weed Technol. 24:173-181. DOI: 10.1614/WT-09-046.1. Note: as Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=485407. Accessed 12 May 2026.