428 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



l-2in. across. Pedicels |-|in., filiform, downy or glabrous. 

 Calyx J-Jin. ; teeth obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers 

 uniform. Pod oblong-linear, 2-3in. long, flat-veined, slightly 

 contracted between the seeds, scarcely dehiscent; seeds 2-5, flat. 

 Uses: — The bark when incised furnishes a kino-like exudation, 

 which is used in cases of dysentery and diarrhoea (Lisboa). "But 

 its efficacy is very doubtful (K. R. K.). According to Campbell 

 (Econ. Prod., Chutia Nagpur), a decoction of the bark is given 

 among the hill tribes, when the urine is high coloured. In the 

 Central Provinces, the bark is said to be used as a febrifuge. 



373. Desmodium tilicefolium, G. Don. h.f.b.l, ii. 168. 



Vern. : — Motha, sambar, shamru, chamra (H.) ; Chamyar 

 marara, gur-kats, dud-sambar, pirhi (Pb. ). 

 Arab. : — Sad-koofl. 



Vers. : — Mushk-Zamin. 

 Habitat : — Himalayas, from the Indus to Nepal. 



A small, erect, shrubby plant ; branches slender, terete, finely- 

 downy. Leaves 3-foliate. Leaflets obtuse or sub-acute, thick, 

 flexible, sub-coriaceous, green, glabrescent above, densely hoary 

 beneath ; end one obovate, 2-3in. long, entire or obscurely 

 repand, base deltoid or rather rounded. Petiole 2-3 in. Racemes 

 copiously lax, often 1ft. long, axillary and terminal, the latter 

 often copiously panicled with lower branches again compound. 

 Bracts lanceolate. Pedicels J-fin., ascending, finely downy. 

 Calyx |in., downy ; teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube. 

 Corolla f-^in. Pod 2-3 in. long, ^in. broad ; joints 6-9, longer 

 than broad, thinly clothed with adpressed silky hairs. 



Use : — The roots are considered carminative, tonic and diu- 

 retic, and used in bilious complaints. (Dr, Emerson.) 



374. D. gangetieum, D.C., h.f.b.l, ii. 168. 



Syn. : — Hedysarum gangeticum, Linn., Roxb. 575. 

 Sans. : — Salaparni. 



Vern. :— Sarivan (H.) ; Salpani (B.) ; Salwan, daye (Bomb.) ; 

 Tandi-bhedi-janetet (Santal), Gita-naram, kolaku-ponna (Tel.). 



