Rhynchosia aurea - Golden Flowered Snoutbean

❏ Binomial Name : Rhynchosia aurea (Willd.) DC.

❏ Synonym : Glycine aurea, Nomismia aurea, Rhynchosia elongata

❏ Family : Leguminosae

❏ Common Name : Golden Flowered Snoutbean

❏ Tamil Name : Kattuk Kol

❏ Hindi Name : kulata

❏ IUCN status : Not Evaluated

Rhynchosia aurea Botanical Description

Slender trailing annual herb, leaves pinnately trfoliate, leaflets obovate to rhomboidal up to 5 cm long, pubescent on both surfaces. aceme to 3 cm long, 6-10-flowered; bracts ovate.  Flowers are yellow. calyx up to 15 mm long, teeth 3-4 times as long as tube, bristly, lowest longest. Pods are spherical, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, 2-seeded. Fl. &Fr.: December-March.

Rhynchosia aurea Medicinal uses

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