Botanical name : Vigna sublobata (Linn.) Wilczek.
Family : Fabaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Mashaparni, Vanamasha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Madhura, Tikta
Guna   : Lakhu, Snigdha
Virya   : Seeta
Vipaka : Madhura
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     : Wild black gram
Hindi        : Banoord
Malayalam    : Kattuzhunnu,
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild in planes, and hills up to 350 meters of elevation.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small, sub erect twinner, with slender stem. Leaves trifoliate, with long petiole, leaflets sub ovate or rhomboid, silky hairy on both sides; flowers yellow, in short axillary racemes; fruits cylindric 3-4 cm long, pubescent, two valved pods. Seeds 8-10 per pod, dark brown.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, skin diseases, inflammation, cough, hemiplegia, fever and general debility.
Useful part    :    Whole plant (sometimes root only)

Photo : Dr. Eby Abraham MD