Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr.
| Synonym : | Desmodium retroflexum (L.) DC. Hedysarum capitatum Burm.f. Meibomia capitata (Burm.f.) Kuntze Nicolsonia styracifolia Desv. Uraria retroflexa Drake |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Fabeceae |
| Disease : | Deobstruent, emmenagogue, stomachic and aperient. |
| Description : | A small undershrub. Leaves 1-foliolate, subcoriaceous, rotundate-cordate, 2.5-5 cm long and broad. Racemes copious, simple, axillary and terminal, very dense, subsessile, 2.5 cm or less long. Flowers small, corolla twice the calyx. Pod 10-13 mm long, joints 3-5. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The root is considered deobstruent, emmenagogue, stomachic and aperient. |
| Habit : | Under shrub |