Tephrosia purpurea

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ʻAuhuhu
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var. purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Tephrosia
Species: T. purpurea
Binomial name
Tephrosia purpurea
(L.) Pers.

ʻAuhuhu (Tephrosia purpurea, also known as ahuhu, ʻauhola, or hola), is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that has a pantropical distribution. Native Hawaiians, It is found throughout India and Sri Lanka[1] in poor soils. It grows as common wasteland weed. In many parts it is under cultivation as green manure crop.

Common Names :

English: Fish Poison, Wild Indigo,

Hindi Name: Sarphonk, Sharpunkha,

Rajasthani:Masa

Uses

Used as a fish poison; the leaves and seeds contain tephrosin, which paralyzes fish. Larger doses are lethal to fish, but mammals and amphibians are unaffected. It is used traditionally as folk medicine. According to Ayurveda, plant is digestible, anthelmintic, alexiteric, leprosy, ulcers, antipyretic, alternative, cures diseases of liver, spleen, heart, blood, tumours, asthma etc. A decoction of the roots is given in dyspepsia, diarrhoea, rheumatism, asthma and urinary disorders. The root powder is salutary for brushing the teeth. It quickly relieves the dental pains and arrests bleeding.

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Gallery

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  1. Botany-sinhala website