Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Desmodium laxiflorum
Scientific Name and Description
Desmodium laxiflorum DC.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Kannada | otte, otte gida |
| Malayalam | orila |
| Marathi | jangli-ganja |
| Sanskrit | prsniparni |
| Tamil | atotti |
| Telugu | antintalu, antunthalu, cheppa thatla |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Desmodium laxiflorum DC.
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Stomach pain and fever; menstrual cycle irregularity; uterus infection; jaundice
Treatment - General; women
References - Singh et al. 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Singh et al. 2015
AYURVEDIC DRUGS AND THEIR PLANT SOURCES Author - V.V. SIVARAJAN AND INDIRA BALACHANDRAN
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
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