Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Desmodium purpureum" tana nufin nau'in tsire-tsire na fure a cikin dangin Fabaceae, wanda aka fi sani da "purple bush-bean" ko "tick-trefoil". Ya fito ne daga wurare masu zafi da wurare masu zafi na Asiya, Afirka, da Amurka, kuma ana amfani da shi a cikin magungunan gargajiya don magunguna daban-daban.
