Barcode: CAL0000003635

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Family: FABACEAE

Scientific Name: Derris indica (Lam.) Bennet.

Collector: B. Safui

Country: India

Uses: In case of scabies, herpes, leucoderma, and other cutaneous diseases it is applied medicinally; Internally it is used in dyspepsia with sluggish liver. Leaves juice adviced in flatulence, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, and cough; also used in leprosy and gonorrhoea.Roots juice used for cleansing foul ulcers and fistulous sores and for cleaning teeth and strengthening gums. For fish-poison roots and leaves are used. Fresh bark are taken for piles. Decoction of