Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth., Dicerma pulchellum (L.) DC.
Vernacular name: Cherupachotti, Kattumuthira
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests
Distributio: Tropical Asia and Australia
Flowering and Fruiting: September-February
Key identification features: Undershrubs or shrubs with ovate to ovate-oblong leaflets, terminal or axillary racemes, and puberulous pods. Seeds orbicular.
Uses:
It is used in folk medicine in cold and fever, malaria,
excessive menstrual flow. Leaves are applied to ulcers.
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