Botanical name : Psoralea corylifolia Linn.

Family : Fabaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Bakuchi, Vakuchi, Avalgujabeeja, Somaraji, Poothifalee, kushtaghni

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Katu, Tikta,

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Babchi, psoralea seed

Hindi : Bavchi, Bakchi

Malayalam : Karkokil

PLANT DESCRIPTION

An erect herbaceous annual, 60-120 cm height. Leaves simple, broadly elliptic, rounded, clothed with white hairs on both surfaces, covered with numerous black dots. Flowers blue in dense, axillary, 10-30 flowered racemes; fruit pods, subglobose, slightly compressed, black, seeds oblong, flattened, dark brown with an agreeable aromatic odor and taste.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, leucoderma, ulcers, scabies, leprosy, muco-membraneous disorders and dermatitis.

Useful part : Seeds, leaves