Fruits - Specimen details

Fruits - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 61362

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Tephrosia purpurea Entry Book Number
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Uses FruitsUse: MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders
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Notes: Label source: This is a common weed in the rains. The whole plant, which is about 2ft in height, is pulled up when the flowers begin to appear, and tied in bundles for sale. It is described in the Bombay Flora as ' a shrubby erect much branched weed leav, es pinnate leaflets cuneate oblong, leaf opposed; racemes peduncled, longer than the leaves; legumes slightly compressed, spreading, linear, falcate, obtuse, with a short point. To this may be added that there are from five to eight or nine pairs of leafl, ets, and generally a single terminal one, the largest an inch long and 3 tenths of an inch broard. The plant is a little bitter and is given in dyspepsia and bowel complaints arising from it. Sarpankha is generally to be retained in the shops. Dymock Phar, m Journal.

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