Desmodium motorium (Houtt.) Merr.

• Family: Fabaceae
• Vernacular names: Ramanamapacha, Thozhukanni, രാമനാമപച്ച, തൊഴുകണ്ണി (Malayalam), Indian telegraphic plant (English), Tozhuganni (Tamil)
• Distribution: India to Malesia and Australia
• Description: Under shrubs. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets elliptic-oblong. Raceme long, axillary and terminal. Flowers shortly pedicelled, pink. Pods oblong, slightly curved, 6-8 jointed, minutely pubescent.
• Habit: Shrub
• Habitat: Moist deciduous forests
• Flowering & Fruiting: October-January

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• Parts used: Whole plant
• Properties & Uses: Whole plant is used in healing wounds and snakebite. Root is used for asthma and cough. Leaves used as a vermifuge.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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