Perennial herb, creeping, branches prostrate, rooting at nodes, pubescent. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 5-7 mm long, leaflets 5-7 mm long, 4-5 mm broad, obovate, cuneate, truncate or emarginate, glabrous above, pubescent below; stipules 3.5-4.5 mm long, obovate, acuminate. Inflorescence axillary fascicles of 1-5 flowers, bracts ovate, acute, ciliate, pedicel 4.5- 5.0 mm long. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth longer than the tube. Corolla 5 mm long, pink or white. Fruit 10-16 mm long, 3.5-4.5 mm broad, upper suture straight, lower indented, articles 3-5, as broad as long, puberulous.

Fl.Per.: July-August.

Syntypes: Herb.Linn.921.45 (LINN); Herb. Hermann fol. 4,20,21/297 (BM).

Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir (R.R.Stewart, Ann.Cat.Vasc.Pl.Pak.Kashm. 403.1972), India, Burma, Nepal, Sikkim, China (Formosa, Canton, Hong Kong, Yunnan, Hainan), Malaysia, Siam, Indonesia, Borneo, Philippines, Papua, Australia (Queensland); Polynesia, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia, S.Tropical America and Tropical Africa.