Other Name Combinations: Desmodium heterocarpon (WFO, 2023).
Note: According to HOSTS (2023), this plant is reported as larval host of Everes lacturnus – Orange-crowned Cupid and Neptis hylas – Common Sailer from Hong Kong and Japan. It might be used in India, too, but this needs confirmation.
References:
HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 11 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.
WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 11 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001423638.
Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 11 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Asian%20Tick%20Trefoil.html.
Churi, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Grona heterocarpos (L.) DC. – Asian Tick Trefoil. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/grona-heterocarpos, accessed 2024/10/14.