| Description : | Annual, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending,Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Leaves compound, Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, Leaves odd pinnate, Flowers solitary in axils, or appearing solitary, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescence sessile or subsessile, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style persistent in fruit, Fruit a legume. Fruit beaked, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 11-many seeded, Seeds subquadrate, Seed surface wrinkled or rugose, Seeds olive, brown, or black. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Quercetin and luteolin; trigonelline and choline, nicotinic acid, fixed oil and an essential oil, mucilage, bitter extractive and coloring matter, two steroidal saponins from seeds. On hydrolysis, saponisn from stems yielded a sapogénin, while that from l |
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| Uses : | This plant is used in Suppurative, aperient, diuretic, emmenagogue, dropsy, chronic cough, spleen enlargement, liver enlargement, hypertension, diabetes, sexual problems, rheumatism, demulcent, tonic, antipyretic, anthelmintic, carminative, emollient, aph |
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