N. 0. LEGUMINOS^I. 449 



In the Concan, 2 tolas of the root-juice are given in cold milk 

 to remove the phlegm in chronic bronchitis ; it causes nausea and 

 vomiting. The juice of the root of the white- flowered variety 

 is blown up the nostrils as a remedy for hemicrania (Dymock). 



Mr. Mooden Sheriff speaks highly of the infusion of the root- 

 bark as a demulcent in the irritation of the bladder and urethra ; 

 it acts at the same time as a diuretic, and in some cases as a 

 laxative* 



The seeds are purgative and aperient (Ph. Ind,). 



The infusion of the leaves is used for eruptions (Watt). 



The juice of the leaves, mixed with that of green ginger, is 

 administered in cases of colliquative sweating in hectic fever 

 (Taylor). 



The juice of the leaves mixed with common salt is applied 

 warm all around the ear in ear-aches, especially when accom- 

 panied with swelling of the neighbouring glands (A. C. 

 Mukerji, in Watt's Dictionary.) 



393. Dolichos biflorus, Linn., h.f.b.l, ii. 210, 

 Roxb. 563. 



Sans. : — Kulatha. 



Vern. : — Kalatt, kulat, barat, gulatti (Pb.) ; Koolthee (H.) ; 

 Woolawooloo (Tarn.); Kurti-kalai (B.) ; Horec (Santal) ; Gahat, 

 kalath, knlthi (Kumaon) ; Wulawalli, ulava {Tel.) ; Hurali, hurli 

 (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Himalayas to Ceylon. 



An annual downy climber, rarely glabrescent. Stipules 

 basifixed, Jin. lanceolate, scariose ; leaflets entire, membranous, 

 ovate, acute, l-2in. long, at first finely pilose on the faces. 

 Flowers 1-3 together in the axils of the leaves ; without a com- 

 mon peduncle. Calyx ^in., downy, teeth long, lanceolate, setace- 

 ous, much exceeding the tube. Corolla yellow, i-fin. long. 

 Keel narrow, obtuse, rather shorter than the standard. Style 

 filiform, minutely penicillate round the stigma, not bearded 

 down the edge. Pod downy, 1J-2 by £-}in., much recurved, 

 tipped with the persistent style. 5-6 seeds. 



Use : — The seeds are used medicinally in the Punjab. 

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