संस्कृत नाम- विदारीकन्द
Botanical name - Pueraria tuberosa
Description - Climbing shrubs with large tuberous roots. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets silky-pubescent beneath. Flowers bluish-white, fascicled on long racemes. Pod linear, constricted.
Chemical_Constituents- Roots (tubers) contain pterocarpanone hydroxytuberosin, amino acids, Beta-sitosterol , stigmasterol, daidzein, puerarin and a cardiac glycoside
Uses - Roots demulcent and refrigerant, also used as a cataplasm on swollen joints and as a galactogogue.