446 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



employed by the Natives of the mountains where it grows to 

 reduce swellings of the joints (Roxburgh). 



Also given as a demulcent and refrigerant in fevers (Watt). 

 In Nepal, it is employed as an emetic and tonic, and is also 

 believed to be lactagogue. 



389. Phaseolus trilobus, Ait. h.f.b.l, ii, 201, 

 Roxb. 558. 



Sans. : — Mudgaparni. 



Vern. :— Mooganee (B.) ; Trianguli-mugani (H.); Rakhal- 

 kulmy (H.) ; Pilli-pe-nsara (Tel.) ; Pani-pyre, nari-payir (Tarn.); 

 Arkmut, mukuya, Jangli math (Bomb.). 



Habitat : — Wild, and commonly cultivated throughout India. 



Perennial or annual twiners. Stems trailing to a length of 

 l-2£t., glabrous, slender, diffuse, at times slightly hairy, the hairs 

 being deciduous. Stipules inserted above the base, J-|in., 

 oblong. Leaflets more or less deeply 3-lobed, with the central 

 divisions spathulate, membranous, glabrous, or with only a few 

 obscure loose or short hairs, rhomboid or ovate, l-2in. long. 

 Flowers in a close deltoid head, on a peduncle, that usually 

 overtops the leaves ; pedicels very short. Olayx campanulate, 

 i£"T2 m -> P a ^ e yellow, teeth deltoid. Corolla under Jin. long. 

 Pod 1-2 by Jin., subcylindrical, glabrous, recurved, 6-12 seeded. 



Use : — The Leaves are said to be tonic and sedative, and 

 used in cataplasms for weak eyes (O'Shaughnessy, p. 317;. 



Said to be administered in Behar in decoction, in cases of 

 irregular fever (Murray 126). 



390. P. Mungo Linn., h.f.b.l, ii. 203, Roxb. 

 556, 



Sans. : — Mudga. 



Vern. : — Mung, mungi, muji (Pb.) ; Harimung (Hj ; Hali- 

 mung (B.) ; Mug (Mar.) ; Mag (Guz.) ; Puchapayru, sirupayaru, 

 patche-paira (Tarn.) ; Wuthulu, patcha-pessara (Tel.) ; Hesaru, 

 hesaru-bele (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Wild, and universally cultivated in the plains 

 throughout India, ascending to 6,000 feet in the N. W. Himalayas. 



