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Salaparni

Local Name	:	Salaparni
Botanical Name	:	Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC
Common Name	:	Sal Leaved Desmodium
Family	:	Fabaceae
Distribution	:	Found throughout Odisha. Commonly available in India's tropical and subtropical regions. It is native to tropical Africa, Asia, and northern Australia.
Habit	:	Shrub
Short Description	:	It is a perennial herb grow with woody base. Leaves are simple, ovate-oblong or rounded, glabrous above and pubescent beneath, and often blotched with grey.

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Descriptions

It is a perennial herb grow with woody base. Leaves are simple, ovate-oblong or rounded, glabrous above and pubescent beneath, and often blotched with grey. Flowers are purple, or white and fascicled in terminal and axillary racemes. Fruit is a pod. 4-7-jointed, reticulate, slightly pubescent with hooked hairs

Flowering & Fruiting Period

July - February

Use(s)

Leaf paste is used externally against skin infections.