Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophytes > Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Fabales > Fabaceae > Grona > G. triflora

Description: Much branched glabrescent prostrate herbs, rooting at nodes. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 0.3-1.5 x 0.3-1.4 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex turncate or emarginate, lateral leaflets smaller than the terminal one; petiole 1.5 cm long; stipule c. 5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers 3-4 mm long, 1-4 together in the axils of leaves; pedicels 4-6 mm long, capillary; bracts c. 2 mm long, ovate, ciliate. Calyx c. 3 mm long, covered with long silky hairs; lobes unequal, lanceolate. Petals pink to violet; standard c. 3 mm long, obovate; wings c. 2 mm long; keels to 4 mm long. Pods 1-1.5 cm long, 3-5-jointed, lower margin deeply indented, upper entire; joints hairy or glabrous, reticulate-veined, longer than broad.

Flowering and Fruiting: July-December

Uses: Medicine in Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha.

Cultivation: Wild/cultivated

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org