Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 93-94

Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.

Names.

Myanmar: me-yaing. English: bastard indigo, wild indigo.

Range.

Southern Asia, Australia, tropical Africa, south to Natal; introduced in tropical America. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, and Yangon.

Uses.

Whole plant: Used as an anthelmintic and antipyretic.

Notes.

In India the whole plant is used as a tonic for impotency and gonorrhea; a decoction, employed as a vermifuge, is made from the fruit. Oil obtained from the seeds is used for scabies, itch, eczema, and other skin diseases. The root is used for dyspepsia, diarrhea, rheumatism, fever, snakebite, asthma, urinary disorders, colic; also as a liniment on elephantiasis. An unspecified plant part is used as a tonic, laxative, and diuretic; also for bronchitis, febrile effects, bleeding piles, boils, and pimples ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).