Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Desmodium triflorum
Scientific Name and Description
Desmodium triflorum DC.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Hedysarum triflorum L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | matty desmodium |
| Hindi | kudaliya, motha |
| Kannada | kaadu menthe, kaadu pullam purache, kaadu pullam purasi, kaadu pullampurasi, nelaparande |
| Malayalam | munta-mandu, nilamparanta |
| Marathi | chipti, jangli methi, ran-methi, ranmethi, ranmeti |
| Sanskrit | hamsapadi, tripadi |
| Tamil | chirupulladi, ciru pullati, cirupullati, siru-pullady, sirupulladi, sirupullati |
| Telugu | moohoodoo, moordoo, munta mandu, muntamandu, munthamandu, munuddamoddu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Bone fracture; malaria; stomachache; piles; laxative; bechic; epilepsy; dysentery; wound and abscesses; antidiarrhoeal; galactogenic; sores; liver complaints; dysentery; diarrhoea; increases lactation; carminative; tonic; diuretic; gynaecological disorders
Treatment - General; women
References - Das et al. 2013, Lingaraju et al. 2013, Shanmugam et al. 2012, Singh et al. 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Das et al. 2013
Lingaraju et al. 2013
Shanmugam et al. 2012
Singh et al. 2015
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
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