Botanical name : Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Pers.
Family : Fabaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Sarapunkha, Bana, Banapunkha, Pleehasatru
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna
Virya   : Ushna
Vipaka : Katu
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Purple tephrosia, Wild indigo
Hindi  : Saraphonka
Malayalam : Kozhinjil, Kattamari, Kozhuva
Distribution – Throughout India growing wild in wastelands. 
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small spreading perennial herb grows up to 50 cm in height. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, with 11-21 leaflets, oblong-lanceolate, small; flowers red or purple, in axillary racemes. Fruits pods, containing 4-8 seeds.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, poison, skin diseases, pruritus, jaundice, splenomegaly, filariasis, dysmenorrhea, anemia, fever, boils, pimple, and hemorrhoids.
Useful part : Whole plant