Derris trifoliata Lour.Family: Fabaceae
Synonyms: Dalbergia heterophylla Willd., , Deguelia trifoliata (Lour.) Taub., Deguelia uliginosa (Willd.) Baill., Deguelia uliginosa (Willd.) Baill. var. loureiri Benth., Derris affinis Benth., Derris floribunda Prain, Derris forsteniana Miq., Derris heterophylla (Willd.) K. Heyne, Derris heteropylla (Willd.) Backer, Derris heterophylla (Willd.) Backer ex K. Heyne, Derris uliginosa (Willd.) Benth., Galedupa uliginosa (Willd.) Roxb., Pongamia madagascariensis Boj. ex Oliv., Pongamia madagascariensis Baker, Pongamia uliginosa (Willd.) DC., Pterocarpus frutescens Blanco, Pterocarpus uliginosus Roxb., Robinia uliginosa Willd.
- English: common derris
- Bengali: পান লতা panlata
- Hindi: पान लता panlata
- Malayalam: പൊന്നുംവള്ളി Ponumvalli, Kammattivalli
- Marathi: करंज वेल karanj vel
- Oriya: kelia
- Sanskrit: अङ्गार वल्ली angaar valli
- Tamil: Uppu thilan kodi
- Telugu: అంగారవల్లి angarvalli, నల్ల తీగ nalla tiga
- Chinese: 鱼藤, 三叶鱼藤
- Indonesia: areuy ki tonggeret, gadel, tuwa areuy
- Madagascar: fanamo, fanamovahy, vahimpanamo, vahin-amo, vahisamonta, varongohofotsy, veronkohifotsy
- Malaysia: akar ketuil, tuba bekut, sĕtui
- Pacific: bagin
- Papua New Guinea: dewa niwona, gamo, marmar
- Philippines: asiasimanan, butong, silasila
- Thai: ถอบแถบทะเล
- Thailand: khwaep thale, phak thaep, thopthaep thale
- Vietnamese: Cóc kèn, long k[es]n, c[os]c k[es]n n[uw][ows]c, d[aa]y c[os]c
Uses: Sap root and bark poisonous, cytotoxic, insecticidal. Toxins, tubers acrid. Whole plant stimulant, antiseptic. Leaves juice taken for chronic dysentery. Bark stimulant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, counterirritant, used against rheumatism, chronic paralysis and dysmenorrhea. Roots decoction used externally against fever and internally against sores; root bark stimulant, counterirritant, antispasmodic, used against rheumatism and dysmenorrhea. Roots or stems laxative, carminative, anti-arthritis. Roots, bark and stems as fish poison and insecticide. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
The leaves of Derris trifoliata were used used to ‘cool wounds'. Rotenoid compounds from Derris trifoliata have shown interesting cancer chemopreventive (anti-tumour promotion) activity. In addition, anticancer activity was shown in studies of human colon cancer (adenocarcinoma) cells. Seed extract contained serine proteinase inhibitor with antiparasitic activity against the malaria protozoa. Stem extracts contain rotenoids with antioxidant and nitric oxide inhibitory activity. Extracts have shown good antibacterial activity. Root extracts had mosquito larvicidal activity (active components: rotenone and deguelin). [Medicinal Plants in Australia Volume 3: Plants, Potions and Poisons]
Anticancer, skin tumor.[Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
Anticancer, skin tumor.[Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
32 Published articles of Derris trifoliata
