Desmodium HETEROCARPON (L.) A. DC.
| Synonym : | Desmodium buergeri Miq. Desmodium toppinii Schindl. Hedysarum polycarpum Poir. Meibomia heterocarpa (L.) Kuntze |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Fabeceae |
| Disease : | Coughs. |
| Description : | An erect or suberect undershrub, 0.6-1.5 m high. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets ovate-cuneate, rounded at the apex. Flowers purple, in dense axillary and terminal subsessile racemes, 2.5-7.5 cm long. Pods 12-20 mm long, indented and dehiscing along the lower suture. |
| Distribution : | In most of the districts in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Plant is used in fainting and convulsion. Decoction of the plant is considered tonic and used in coughs. EtOH (50%) extract of the aerial parts of the plant is spasmogenic (Asolkar et al.,1992). Alcoholic extract showed significant analgesic activity, |
| Habit : | Under shrub |