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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH068 : Vigna trilobata (L.)Verdc.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 163  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Vigna Savi - cowpea
Species : Vigna trilobata (L.)Verdc.
Plant Location in Melghat : Common among grasses in fields  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  
 
Plant Common Name : Mungti, Mudgaparni
 
Synonym : Dolichos trilobatus L.
Phaseolus trilobatus (L.) Schreb.
Phaseolus trilobatus (L.) Baill.
Phaseolus trilobus sensu auct.
Phaseolus trilobus Aiton
Vigna trilobata var. trilobata
Description : Annual or perennial, prostrate, branches glabrous or pubescent. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 3.7-7.5 cm long; leaflet 1.2-2.5 cm long, usually as broad, generally 3-lobed, the middle lobe bigger, oblong, broadly spathulate, obtuse, the lateral lobes oblong, broadly spathulate, obtuse or subacute, glabrous to subglabrous; petiolule 1.5-2.5 cm long; stipels small; stipules 4-15 mm long. Inflorescence a few flowered raceme, peduncle c. 8-22.5 cm long. Bract deciduous; bracteoles c. 3 mm long, below the calyx. Pedicel 2.5 mm long. Calyx 2.5 mm long, glabrous, teeth minute. Corolla yellow, 5-6.5 mm long. Fruit 2.5-5.0 cm long, c. 3 mm broad, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, 6-12-seeded.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : oligospermia, gout, gastritis, neuropathy, fever, worm infestation etc. It improves body weight
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Vitexin
Kaempferol
Lutcolin
Quercetin
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :