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 Latin nameDesmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
 FamilyFabaceae, Subfamily: Papilionoideae
 Identified with (Lat)Hedysarum gangeticum L.
 Identified with (Skt)pṛśniparṇī, pṛthakparṇī
 Identified with (Hin)sālpān, sālvān
 Identified with (Tam)ōrila, puḻḻaṭi
 Identified with (Mal)ōrila
 Identified with (Eng)Salpan
 Botanical infoA herbaceous perennial plant up to 120cm high, woody stem, flowers white to purple, grows all over India in dry forest areas up to 900m elevation.
 Search occurrencepṛśniparṇī, pṛthakparṇī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageDesmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. in Google image search
 Encyclopedias &
 Dictionaries

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 647)
pṛśniparṇī, f. Hemionitis Cordifolia or Uraria Lagopodioides, ŚBr.; KātyŚr.; Suśr.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 646)
pṛthakparṇī, f. id. L.; Hemionitis Cordifolia Car. Suśr.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2796)
puḷḷaṭi: 1. Bird’s foot; 2. Cross mark; caret to indicate the insertion of something omitted in writing, as like a bird’s foot; 3. Touchstone; 4. A species of tick-trefoil, m. sh., Desmodium gangeticum; 5. An element of time measure; 6. Ladder

Dymock, Warden, Hooper: Pharmacographia Indica (vol. I, p. 428)
Desmodium gangeticum, Leguminosae
This plant is of interest as being an ingredient of the Dasamula Kvatha so often mentioned in Sanskrit works; it is considered to be frebrifuge and anti-catarhal. In the Dasamula it is placed among the five minor plants (see Tribulus terrestris), a decoction of these is directed to be used in catarrhal fever, cough and other diseases supposed to be caused by deranged phlegm. The five major plants are prescribed in fever and other diseases supposed to be caused by deranged air. The ten together are used in remittent fever, puerperal fever, inflammatory affections within the chest, affections of the brain, and many other diseases supposed to be caused by derangement of all the humours. (For further information upon these points, consult Chakradatta.) The Sanskrit name is Shālaparni, "having leaves like the Shāl" (Shorea robusta). In the Nighāntas the root is described as alterative and tonic, and a remedy for vomiting, fever, asthma and dysentery.


 
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