A smooth, stout-stemmed plant that grows up to five feet tall. Leaves are smooth; elliptic to oblong, with thirteen to thirty-one stalked leaflets that are one to two inches long. Flowers are greenish white to cream colored, with a regular pea flower shape, located at the ends of long stalks. Fruit is a smooth, erect, stout, woody pod, twelve to fifteen millimeters long and divided into two cells.
Herb Effects
Analgesic and antihaemorrhagic (root); febrifuge (decoction of roots)
The roots can be chewed or used as a tea to treat chest and back pains, coughs and the spitting up of blood. A poultice made from the chewed root has been used to treat cuts.
Health Remedies 
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