Crotalaria prostrata Willd.Family: Fabaceae
Synonyms: Crotalaria prostrata D.Don, Crotalaria prostrata Roxb. , Crotalaria prostrata var. prostrata
- Chinese: 俯伏猪屎豆 fu fu zhu shi dou
- Kannada: balli gejje gida
- Hindi: bandar lathi, choto jhanjhan, choto jhunghyn
- Nepalese: sano boksi baja, sano chheke
Description: Annual, 15-50 cm tall, branches pubescent, hairs silky. Leaf simple, c. 1.8-3.8 cm long, c. 10-20 mm broad, oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse, oblique or subcordate at the base, pubescent on both sides, hairs silky, yellowish; sub-sessile; exstipulate. Inflorescence a 2-4-flowered raceme; peduncle longer than the leaf. Bract and bracteoles minute. Pedicel short. Calyx c. 3-4.5 mm long, densely pubescent, teeth linear. Corolla yellow, not exserted. Fruit c. 1.2-1.6 cm long, inflated, glabrous, 12-15-seeded.
Uses: Paste of leaf antifungal, applied for cuts and wounds; fresh leaf juice applied on cuts to check bleeding. Roots for stomach disorders, diarrhea and skin diseases; root juice given to treat fever and the warmed juice applied to treat gout. Postpartum remedy, plant crushed with bara jhun jhuni and given to women after delivery. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Published articles of Crotalaria prostrata
1. Pharmaceutical formulation used for preventing cancer includes Crotalaria assamica, Mnium cuspidatum, Abacopteris multilineata, Magnolia delavayi, Eclipta prostrata, Rehmannia, Houttuynia cordata, tuckahoe, licorice, gentian and scorpion
Patent Number: CN105125875-A
Patent Assignee: ZIBO QIDINGLI PATENT INFORMATION CONSULT
Inventor(s): TIAN L.
2. A NOVEL FLAVANOL GLYCOSIDE FROM CROTALARIA-PROSTRATA ROTTL
By: YADAVA, RN; SINGH, A
JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Volume: 68 Issue: 11 Pages: 632-633 Published: NOV 1991
3. Chromosome number [n = 8] in Crotalaria prostrata Roxb. [Leguminosae]
By: GHOSH, T. K.; CHOUDHARY, S. S.
SCI CULT Volume: 32 Issue: (5) Pages: 263 Published: 1966
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