448 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Ghangra (Santal) ; Urohi-mahor-pat (Ass.); Chaunro (Sind); 

 Caramunny-pyre (Tarn.) ; Boberlu, alu-suncli, duntu-pesalu, 

 bobra (Tel.) ; Tada-gunny, kursan-pyro, alasandi (Kan.'. 



Habitat : — Native, and universally cultivated in the tropical 

 zone. 



An annual sub-erect or twining plant, always glabrous or 

 nearly so. Stipules J--Jin. long, attached and persistent ; leaf- 

 lets membranous, 3-6in. long, acute, very variable in shape, 

 broad or narrow-ovate, or ovate-rhomboidal, with the two sides 

 below the middle prolonged into obtuse lobes. Peduncles often 

 exceeding the leaves, 3-6 flowered ; pedicels very short. Calyx 

 glabrous, under Jin. ; teeth lanceolate or deltoid-cuspidate. 

 Corolla yellow or reddish, twice the Calyx. Keel not prolonged 

 into a beak. Pod in some of the cultivated forms one or even 

 2ft. long, under Jin. broad, edible seeds 10-20. 



Use : — Considered hot and dry, diuretic and difficult of 

 digestion, and is used to strengthen the stomach (Baden 

 Powell). 



392. Clitoria Ternatea, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii, 208, 

 Roxb. 566. 



Sans. : — Aparajita, asphota. 



Vern. : — Kalizer, visnukranti, kava-thenthi (H.) ; Aparajita 

 (B.) ; Kajali, gokaran (Bomb.) ; Kakkanam-kodi (Tarn.) ; 

 Dhanattar (Pb.) ; Garani (Guz.) ; Dintana, tell a, mella, tella- 

 dintana, nila-dintana (Tel.) ; Vishnu, kantisoppu, kirgunna, 

 gokarna-mul (Kan.). 



Habitat : — A common garden flower all over India. 



A climber, with terete, slender downy stems. Stipules, linear, 

 petioles J-lin. Leaflets ovate or oblong-obtuse, subcoriaceous, 

 l-2in. long. Bracteoles roundish, obtuse, J-Jin. long. Calyx 

 J-f in. ; teeth lanceolate, half as long as the tube. Corolla l^-2in. 

 Standard lin. broad, bright blue or white with an orange centre. 

 Pod 2-4in. long, flattish, the valves not keeled on the face ; 6-10 

 seeds. 



Parts used: — The root, seeds, leaves and juice. 



Use : — Sanskrit writers describe the root as laxative and 

 diuretic, useful in ascites, fevers, &c. (Dutt). 



