Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.

• Family: Fabaceae
• Vernacular names: Nilamparanda, Nilampulladi, നിലം പരണ്ട, നിലംപുല്ലാടി (Malayalam), Tripadi (Sanskrit), Kudaliya (Hindi), Sirupullati (Tamil)
• Distribution: Indo-Malesia and Australia
• Description: Prostrate herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate. Flowers axillary, pink to violet. Pods 3-5 jointed, joints hairy or glabrous, reticulate-veined.
• Habit: Herb
• Habitat: Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in plains
• Flowering & Fruiting: July-December

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• Parts used: Whole plant
• Properties & Uses: Cooling and expectorant. Whole plant is used for dysentery, diarrhea, cough, bronchitis, wounds, sores and burning sensation.
• Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
• Traditional Uses:The fresh leaves crushed in to paste and applied on wounds to healing.
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