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Pediomelum cuspidatum (also known as Psoralea cuspidata) is a perennial herb also known as the buffalo pea, largebract Indian breadroot and the tall-bread scurf-pea. It is found on the black soil prairies in Texas.

== Description Uses=={{Uses|High cholesterol}}, {{Uses|eart disease}}, {{Uses|digestion problems}}, {{Uses|constipation}}, {{Uses|liver disease}}, {{Uses|hepatitis}}, {{Uses|gallstones}}, {{Uses|cancer}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}

== Cultivation Hu zhang is used for conditions of the heart and Uses == Pediomelum cuspidata emerges in late Springblood vessels including “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis), high cholesterol, and sets few seedsheart disease; and for digestion problems including constipation, unlike its smallerliver disease (hepatitis), fecund cousin Pediomelum hypogaeumand gallstones. The species has edible tuberous rootsIt is also used for cancer, skin burns, although some sources describe it as 'bitter'pain and swelling of the bone (osteomyelitis) and gout.

==Common nameParts Used=={{Parts Used|Roots}}.

==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Indian breadroot}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Palmately compound, stipules ovate to lanceolate, .4 to .8 inch}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|3 to 5 inch|Corolla blue to purple|5-20|Papilionaceous, calyx campanulate, 3 to 5 inch, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent, lobes acuminate}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Legume|24 to 3 inch|Somewhat flattened in cross section, enclosed in persistent calyx||16 to 2 inch}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==We have very little information for this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors at least in the milder parts of the country<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Dry plains}}, {{Commonly seen|Calcareous hills}}, {{Commonly seen|Clayey, rocky or sandy prairies}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/9477091_Chemical_Constituents_of_Polygonaceous_Plants_I_Studies_on_the_Components_of_Ko-jo-kon_Polygonum_cuspidatum_SIEB_et_ZUCC "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://www.kswildflower.org/flower_details.php?flowerID=659 "plant description"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Pediomelum+cuspidatum "Cultivation details"]</ref></references> == External Links == * [http://www.nomadseed.com/ Pediomelum cuspidatum on nomad seed projrct]* [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Psoralea+cuspidatacum Pediomelum cuspidatum on useful trophical plants]*[https://enwww.ncbi.nlm.wikipedianih.orggov/pmc/articles/wikiPMC3924989/Pediomelum_cuspidatum Pediomelum cuspidatum - WikipediaChemical Comparison of the Invasive and Native Varieties with regard to Resveratrol]* [https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1111/hu-zhang Pediomelum cuspidatum on web md]