English: Cowpea, Horsegram
Sanskrit: Kulatha
Hindi: Kutthi
Tamil: Kollu
Malayalam: Muthira-മുതിര
Horse gram is an annual herb, a legume, sub-erect or trailing many branched; leaves are arranged alternately, stipulate, trifoliate, and ovate, up to 5. cm long, flowers found in axillaries, color yellow, 1.8 cm long; contain 5 to 6 seeds in a pod, size up to 5.0 cm long, ellipsoid and flattened.
Useful plant parts: seeds
Medicinal uses: To treat piles, colic, epitasis, hiccup, abdominal lumps, bronchial asthma flatulence, ulcers etc.
Chemical content:
coumestrol, glycoprotein, psoraliding; dolichin A and dolichin B, 2-hydroxy-genistein, β-sitosterol, coumesterol, delbergiodin, genistein, isoferreirin, keivitone, phaseollidin, pyranoside.
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