434 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



peduncle rather longer than the petiole. Calyx f-Jin. ; teeth 

 lanceolate, sub-equal, twice the tube. Corolla fin., red, 

 bluish or white. Pod l|in. long, oblong, winged on the 

 back, glabrous, 4-5-seeded. 



TJsts. — The expressed oil of the seed is powerful and a 

 dangerous cathartic (O'Shaughnessy). 



It has long been known to produce toxic symptoms when 

 used for a prolonged period. This condition, known as lathy- 

 rismus, has been investigated by Dr B. Suchard. The chief 

 effect produced is upon the muscles of the lower extremities, 

 especially on those below the knee. In horses also paralysis 

 of the hinder extremities takes place, and death has followed 

 from bilateral paralysis of the laryngeal recurrent nerves and 

 consequent asphyxia. The laryngeal affection has not, how- 

 ever, been observed in the human subject (Lancet, June 30th, 

 1888, p. 6312). 



380. Glycine Soja, Sieb and Zucc, h.f.b.i., 

 ii. 184. 



Syn. : — Dolichos Soja, Linn., Roxb. 563. 



Vern. • — Gari-kulay (B.l; Bhat, bhatwan (H.) ; Hendedisom 

 horec (black-seeded), puddisomhorec (white-seeded A^ariety) 

 (Santal) ; Tzu-dza (Naga) ; Seta, kala-botmas (Parbat) ; Musa, gya 

 (Newar) ; Khajuwa (Eastern Terai '. ; Bhut (Kumaon). 



Eng. — The Soya Bean. 



Habitat. — Tropical Himalayas, from Kumaon to Sikkim 

 Khasia and the Naga hills. 



An annual, stout, suberect, climbing upwards, stem densely 

 clothed with fine ferruginous hairs. Leaves long-petioled. Leaf- 

 lets 3 membranous, ovate, acute, rarely obtuse, 2-4 inches long. 

 Racemes few-flowered, congested, sessile. Calyx \ in, densely 

 hairy. Calyx-teeth long, setaceous. Corolla reddish, little exsert- 

 ed. Pods usually only 2-3, developed in the axil of each leaf, 

 linear-oblong, recurved, densely pubescent, 1J-2 in by |-f in., 

 3-4 seeded, subtorulose. 



Use. — A decoction of the root is said to possess astringent 

 properties (Watt). 



