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Indian Uraria

Scientific name of Indian Uraria: Uraria picta/Hedysarum pictum

Name of Indian Uraria in different languages:-

English: Indian Uraria

Sanskrit: Andhriparni, Chitraparni, Sinhapuchchi

Hindi: Prishanaparni-पृश्निपर्णी, Dabra, Pitvan, Shankaraja

Tamil: Oripai, Chittirappalatai

Malayalam: prishaparni

Plant description:

It is an erect perennial, shrub or under-shrub commonly found in the waste land areas, throughout India, grow up to 6 ft tall, branches are velvety. The leaves are up to 25 cm long, imparipinnate, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute; leaflets linear-oblong, up to 8 cm long. The flowers are purple in color, or in  pink or bluish, sized up to 9 mm long, flowering season June-September. Fruit is long up to 9 mm, smooth, polished, with 3 to 6 segments, 3 mm broad, folded on one another

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Linear Margin-Entire Venation-pinnate
 Linear-parellel-marginn-elongated

 Margin_Entire  Venation-pinnate

Useful plant parts:

Whole plant, Roots, Leaves and seed

Medicinal uses:

To treat coughing, cold and fevers, sore mouth, urinary infections, bronchitis, dyspnoea, diarrhoea, fractors.

Chemical contents:

Antiseptic

It used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurveda medicines like:


Rajanyadi Choornam

Yavanyadi Choornam

Dasamoolarishtam

Vidaryadyasavam

Angamarda Prashamana Kashayam

Brihatyadi kashayam

Dasamoola Panchakoladi Kashayam

Dhanwantharam Kuzhambu

Shiva Gutika

Brihat Dashamoola Tailam

Maha Vishagarbha Tailam

Mahanarayan thaialam

Maharajaprasarini Thailam

Mushikadi Taila

Vishnu Taila

Vyaghri Taila

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