Name -
माषपर्णी
Botanical name -
Teramnus labialis
Description -
Climbing hairy herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets membranous and subcoriaceous, elliptic, ovate-oblong. Flowers red, pink or purple, in lax, axillary racemes. Pod linear, straight or recurved.
Chemical Constituents-
Plant contains glucoside and a complex hydrocarbon
Use -
Used in rheumatism, tuberculosis, nervous affections, haemoptysis and catarrh. Fruits astringent, stomachic and febrifuge.
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