In the Concan, the plant is smoked along with black datura, tobacco, and ajwân seeds as a remedy for asthma (Dymock).
The infusion has a diaphoretic action (Surg. Barren, in Watt's Dictionary).
368. Uraria picta, Desv. h.f.b.l, ii. 155.
Syn. : — Doodia picta, Roxb. 582.
Vern. :— Dâbrâ (H.) ; Sankar-jata (B.) ; Deterdâne (Pb.) ; Prisniparni (Mar.) ; Pitavan, pitvan (Guz.).
Habitat : — From the Himalayas throughout India.
An erect, little-branched, suffruticose perennial, 3-6ft. high. Stems robust, finely, downy. Petiole l-2in. Leaves stipulate ; upper leaves 5-9-foliate. Leaflets 4-6, rarely 9, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous above, reticulato-venulose, minutely pubescent below, 4-8in. long, ¼-1in. broad ; lowest simple, round or oblong. Flowers in dense cylindrical racemes, ⅓-1ft. long, ⅝-⅜in. broad. Bracts brown, scariose, deciduous, not distinctly ciliated ; upper lanceolate, lower acuminate, ovate ; pedicels ¼-⅜in., abruptly recurved at the tip after flowering. Corolla purple, slightly exserted. Joints 3-6, glabrescent, polished, often whitish.
Use : — In Bombay, the plant is supposed to be an antidote to the poison of the phûrsa snake (Echis Carinata) (Dymock).
The fruit is applied to the sore mouths of children (Stewart).
369. U. lagopoides, D.C, h.f.b.l, ii. 156.
Syn. : — Doodia lagopodioides, Roxb. 581
Sa7is. : — Prisniparni.
Vern. :— Pitvan (H.) ; Chakulia (B.) ; Dowlâ, (Bomb); Kolaponna (Tel.).
Habitat : — Tropical Zone, Nepal and Bengal.
A suffruticose perennial. Stems densely cæspitose, woody, slender, pubescent, trailing. Petiole ½-1in. Leaves 1-and 3- foliate, intermixed. Leaflets many, of both kinds, obtuse, rounded at the base, l-2in. long, glabrous above, finely downy
