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Latin Name: Mucuna pruriens
Indian Name: Kavacha
Habitat: An annul climbing shrub common in the tropics and found cultivated in some parts for the sake of its golden- brown velvety legumes, which are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
An annual climbing shrub common in the tropics. It occurs in throughout hot regions of India like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh , North India .
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Useful in: In ayurveda, the seeds are used as a tonic & for male virility. The indole bases have an unspecified spasmolytic action on spasms induced in smooth muscles by acetylcholine, histamine or oxytocin.
Reference: Indian Materia Medica Vol : 2 Page No.818; Selected Medicinal Plants of India , Page 215; Agharkar, S.P. 1991; Herbs of Ayurveda Vol; III Page: 780 |
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