Hylodesmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, sometimes called ticktrefoils[3] or tick-trefoils.

[4] It is sometimes treated as part of Desmodium.

[5] It includes 16 species native to eastern North America, sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, south, southeast, and eastern Asia, Malesia, and New Guinea.

[2] Species in Hylodesmum include:[2][4][6]