Barcode: CAL0000003313

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Family: FABACEAE

Scientific Name: Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC.

Collector: E. Vajravelu

Country: India

Uses: Tuber use as diuretic, cardiac tonic, galactagogue. Also used forfertility control. Root used as a demulcent, and refrigerant in fevers, as cataplasm for swelling of joints, as galactagogue.