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Botanical Name |
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Crotalaria juncea L. |
English
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Sun Hemp |
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Crotalaria benghalensis Lam., Crotalaria fenestrata Sims, Crotalaria porrecta Wall., Crotalaria sericea Willd., non Retz , Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. ex DC., Crotalaria viminea Wall. |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
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It is an erect rigid annual with 1.2 to 1.8 m height and grooved and rounded branches. Leaves are simple, obtuse-acute, sub-sessile and narrow. Flowers are yellow and 2.5 cm long in lateral or terminal racemes. The pods are 2.5 to 3.0 cm long, sessile and thick-skinned. Each pod contains 10 to 15 kidney -shaped seeds. |
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Emmenagogue, abortifacient, refrigerant, demulcent, emetic, purgative and abortive (leaves). Root is astringent; seeds are corrective of blood, antiimplantation and toxic to the liver. |
Chemistry
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Junceine, riddelline, tricodesmine, senecionine and seneciphylline (pyrrolizidine alkaloids); linoleic, oleic and linolenic acids (seed oil). |
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Pharmacology
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As a laxative, abortifacient and for inducing vomitting (leaf); and the seeds in impetigo, psoriasis and as emmenagogue. Besides, a paste of the leaves is applied in skin diseases. Seeds are used to purify blood, in treatment of impetigo, psoriasis and skin diseases. It is used as an emmenagogue. Flowers are used to treat leucorrhoea and blood diseases. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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