Botanical name : Desmodium trifolium (Linn.) DC
Family : Fabaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Tripadi
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Madhura
Guna   : Guru, Snigda
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  :
Hindi  : Kudaliya
Malayalam : Nilamparanda
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A small perennial much branched prostrate herb with slender stem and rooting at nodes. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets are obovate, cuneate, and rarely rounded. Flowers are pink or white; fruits pods.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, cough, bronchitis wounds, sores, pruritus, dysentery, flatulence and burning sensation.
Useful part : Whole plant.