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Grona adscendens
Also called Tick Trefoil, Tick Clover
Grona adscendens, also called strongback or tick trefoil, is a perennial shrub or subshrub in the pea family native to seasonally dry tropical regions of the Americas and Africa. It is grown as a wild forage and ground cover in warm regions, and it tolerates a range of conditions, so it needs little attention once established.
Grona adscendens, the wild groundnut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the seasonally dry tropics of the Americas and Africa, and it has been introduced to India, Southeast Asia, Malesia, New Guinea, and many Pacific islands. A non-climbing perennial shrub, it is found in a variety of habitats including forests, grasslands, and farm fields. Under its synonym Desmodium adscendens it has been assessed as Least Concern.
Large-scale, randomized, placebo-controlled studies to justify its use in humans have not yet been performed.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
