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Botanical Name |
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Lespedeza cuneata G.Don |
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Perennial Lespedeza, Chinese bush-clover |
Synonym(s) |
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Lespedeza sericea Miq. non Benth., Sericea lespedeza |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
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An erect undershrub, 60-90 cm. high, with tough long branches. Leaves trifoliolate, ascending, crowded; leaflets 6-12 mm. long, linear-cuneate, rigidly coriaceous, usually glabrous above and silky hairy below; flowers 2-4, pale yellow or white, tinged with purple, borne on short pedicels; pods very small, orbicular. |
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Antiviral, anthelmintic, depurative and tonic (plant). |
Pharmacology
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Testicular tuberculosis, hernia, enuresis, dental caries, toothache, infantile marasmus/ascariasis, snake and dog bites, skin ulcers, dysentery and enteritis (plant decoction). |
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