Rhynchosia minima

Rhynchosia minima is a slender, trailing or twining plant with numerous stems 30 - 150cm or more long and up to 20mm in diameter, growing from a woody root-stock. Reports vary as to whether the plant is an annual or perennial. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of food. It has potential for use as a herbicide. The population of Rhynchosia minima is believed to be stable and no real threats are known at present. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013).

Uses

Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Haemorrhoids.

Parts Used

Roots, Seeds, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

plant contains essential oils, tannins, triterpene steroids, gallic acid, hydroquinone, protocatechuic acid, flavonoid, isovitexin, orientin, schaftoside, vicenin, vitexin, a steroidal glycoside, ergosterol peroxide, stigmasterol and lupeol.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Bettadavare
Hindi	Kulata
Malayalam
Tamil	Kali-y-an-tuvarai
Telugu	Gaddi-chikkudu
Marathi	Dhakta ranghevada
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English	Burn-Mouth Vine

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

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Fruit

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Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Requires a well-drained soil. Somewhat tolerant of saline soils.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Grassland, Dambo and pan margins, Woody bushland.

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External Links

• Rhynchosia minima on naturalmedicinefacts.info
• Rhynchosia minima on efloraofindia