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Rosy Bush Pea
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Rosy Bush Pea
P Native Photo: Nishant Chauhan
Common name: Rosy Bush Pea • Hindi: मखनी बूटी Makhni Booti • Himachali: Kula Droda • Urdu: Makhni Booti ﻣﻜﮭﻨﯽ ﺑﯘﭨﯽ
Botanical name: Argyrolobium roseum    Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Cytisus roseus, Genista rosea

Rosy Bush Pea is a prostrate herb with stem round, hairy, much branched. Flowers are borne in a 1-4-flowered stalked raceme, flower-cluster-stalk 0.4- 4.0 cm. Flowers are about 5 mm long, pinkish to red. Sepal-cup about 4.5-5.0 mm long, two-lipped, hairy. Bract are about 1.5 mm long. Stipules are about 1.5-2 mm, free lateral. Leaves are trifoliolate, leaf-stalk about 3-10 mm long, leaflet-stalk less than 1 mm. Leaflets are about 4-13 mm long, obovate, blunt, hairless above, hairy below. Pod is about 0.8-3.5 cm long, 2.5-3 mm broad, 3-15-seeded, hairy. Rosy Bush Pea is found in W. Asia (Iran, Iraq), to the Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal, at altitudes of 1900-3200 m.
Medicinal uses: Rosy Bush Pea is used in several traditional medicines to treat jaundice, hyperglycemia, diabetes, ulcers, diarrhea, liver disorders, and stomach disorders. It is also believed to have some aphrodisiac properties. In Himachal Pradesh Makhni Booti is primarily used for treating skin diseases, and stomach and liver disorders.

Identification credit: Nishant Chauhan Photographed in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

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