Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Crotalaria verrucosa var. genuina Stehlé , Anisanthera hastata Raf.
Vernacular name: Kilukiluppa
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution: Pantropical
Flowering and Fruiting: August-November
Key identification features: Erect, branched herbs; stems striate, 4-angled, appressed-pubescent. Leaves ovate-rhomboid or ovate-deltoid. Flowers terminal or leaf-opposed racemes. Corolla blue or white; Pods oblong-cylindrical, inflated, 10-16-seeded. Seeds obliquely cordiform, yellowish to brownish.
Uses: Leaf paste is applied to cure headaches. The roots are used as a treatment against fever and
stomach pains. The plant is blood
purifier, emmenagogue.
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