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Pseudarthria viscida (L.) Wight & Arn.
Synonym
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Desmodium leschenaultii DC.
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Local name
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Malayalam - Moovila
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Flowering and fruiting period
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November-March
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Distribution
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Peninsular India and
Sri Lanka
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Uses
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It is used in the
treatment of asthma and
nervous dysfunction.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Viscid pubescent
subshrubs up to 75 cm tall. Leaves 3-foliolate; terminal leaflet
ovate-rhomboid, laterals obliquely ovate. Flowers in axillary or terminal,
often branched racemes; bracts and bracteoles 4-5 mm long, subulate, hairy.
Calyx lobes 2-3 mm long, subulate, hairy. Corolla purplish, ovate-obtuse.
Stamens 9+1; ovary terete, densely pubescent without; style subulate, incurved;
stigma capitate. Pods linear-oblong, compressed, pubescent with hooked hairs;
seeds 4-6, reniform.
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