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Botanical name: Dalbergia volubilis Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Dalbergia confertiflora, Dalbergia purpurea, Dalbergia stipulacea Climbing Dalbergia is a large woody climbing shrub
or climber. Branches are smooth, twining or twisted into spiral hooks.
Leaves are compound, 10-15 cm long. Leaflets are 11-13, thickly
leathery, 2.5-5 cm long, quite variable in shape, oblong,
obovate-oblong to ovate-elliptic. Flowers are small, pale blue, in
copious panicles, 20-30 cm long, in leaf axils and at branch ends. Pods
are 5-7 cm long, linear-oblong, obtuse. Flowering: January-May.
Medicinal uses: The juice of the leaves is applied to aphthae and used as a gargle in sore throat. The root juice with cumin and sugar is given in gonorrhoea. The plant is used for gastritis in Khagrachari. A glycosidic substance from leaves showed anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic activities and a new level of general toxicity.
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