Barcode: CAL0000003704

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Family: FABACEAE

Scientific Name: Crotalaria juncea L.

Collector: G. Sen Gupta

Country: India

Uses: The bitter leaves are used internally and externally in the form of infusion in gastric and bilious fevers accompanied by skin diseases such as impetigo and psoriasis.It is also used to increase the flow of menses as emmenagogue. The blood is purified by using seeds. The mixture of seeds powder with oil is used to grow hair. In colic and as astringent in epistaxis root is useful.