Rhynchosia heynei

 

Rhynchosia heynei Wight & Arn.
Family: Fabaceae

Synonym: Rhynchosia coodoorensis Bedd.

Description: Trailing undershrubs to 1.5m tall; branches grey-downy. Leaves 3 foliate, leaflets 3-6 × 1.5-4cm, ovate-rhomboid, tomentose on upper surface, densey tomentose on lower surface.  Flowers 1 cm long, yellow, in 5-10cm long axillary lax racemes. Bracts cordate. Calyx campanulate, accrescent, hairy. Corolla yellow, papilionoid,  standard  obovate, wings and keels subequal, inflexed. Stamens (9)+1; vexillary stamen free; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or subsessile; ovules 2; style curved above middle, usually hairy at lower part; stigma terminal. Pod 1cm long, 1 or 2 seeded, septate between seeds, pubescent, enclosed within accrescent calyx.




Antimicrobial,  essential  oil  obtained  from  the  leaves  by steam distillation.

2 Published articles of Rhynchosia heynei

1. Chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Rhynchosia heynei, an endemic medicinal plant from Eastern Ghats of India.
By: Bhakshu, L. M.; Raju, R. R. V.
Pharmaceutical Biology  Volume: 47   Issue: 11   Pages: 1067-1070   Published: 2009 UC-eLinks Free Full Text from Publisher   View

2. Chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Rhynchosia heynei, an endemic medicinal plant from Eastern Ghats of India
By: Bhakshu, L. Md.; Raju, R. R. Venkata
PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY  Volume: 47   Issue: 11   Pages: 1067-1070   Published: 2009