Crotalaria PROSTRATA Roxb.
| Synonym : | Crotalaria prostrata D.Don Crotalaria prostrata Roxb. Crotalaria prostrata var. prostrata |
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| Bangla Name : | Chhota Jhunjhune. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | diarrhoea. |
| Description : | A prostrate, branched, annual herb, 15-38 cm long. Leaves subsessile, 2-3.8 cm long, oblong or oblong-obovate, clothed with yellowish hairs. Flowers small, yellow, in 2-4-flowered racemes. Pods 1.2-1.5 cm long, inflated, glabrous. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Dinajpur, Rajshahi. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Roots are used in derangements of the stomach and diarrhoea, especially infantile diarrhoea. |
| Habit : | Herb |