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Asian ticktrefoil

Grona heterocarpos

Asian ticktrefoil
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to W. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Grona heterocarpos is a species of shrub, also called Asian ticktrefoil, in the flowering plant family Fabaceae and genus Grona. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions across Asia and the West Pacific, as well as Tanzania. The plant is known for its aggressive, creeping growth and can reach heights of 0.5 to 1.5 meters. It produces pink to purplish-red pea-like flowers and is used in traditional medicine.

Other Grona plants

Desmodium varians · Strongback · Grona ovalifolia · Threeflower Ticktrefoil · Tick Trefoils

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grona heterocarpos by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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