Tephrosia purpurea
| 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.
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- Arnold, M.D., Harry L. (1968). Poisonous Plants of Hawaii. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0804804745.
- Bishop Museum Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Downloaded on 24 September 2007.
Gallery
- Tephrosia purpurea in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0430.jpg
in Hyderabad, India.
- Tephrosia purpurea in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0429.jpg
in Hyderabad, India.
- Tephrosia purpurea (Unhali, Sarphonk, Wild Indigo) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9208.jpg
in Hyderabad, India.
- Tephrosia purpurea (Unhali, Sarphonk, Wild Indigo) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9206.jpg
in Hyderabad, India.
- Tephrosia purpurea (Unhali, Sarphonk, Wild Indigo) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9205.jpg
in Hyderabad, India.
- Tephrosia purpurea (Wild Indigo) in Narshapur, AP W IMG 0780.jpg
- Tephrosia purpurea (Wild Indigo) in Narshapur, AP W IMG 0769.jpg
- Tephrosia purpurea (Wild Indigo) in Narshapur, AP W IMG 0765.jpg
- Tephrosia purpurea (Wild Indigo) in Narshapur, AP W3 IMG 0780.jpg
- Tephrosia purpurea (Wild Indigo) in Narshapur, AP W2 IMG 0780.jpg
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