Crotalaria verrucosa L.

Fabaceae

Common Names:
Nil-adanahiriya, Yakberiya (S)
Kannadi ilai, Kilvenlappa (T)
Blue rattle weed (E)
Birhatapushpi (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Young shoot and leaf

Uses in traditional medicine :

Gargle, made by boiling young shoots and leaves in water promotes mouth sanitation and reduces tooth decay
Used in inflammations, sore throat and stomatitis

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Otonecine macrocyclic diesters: crotaverrine and its derivatives from seeds; pyrrolizidine alkaloids from plant

Bioactivity :

Aqueous extract of leaves: wound healing

Clinical:

References :

Arseculeratne, S. N. et al., (1981), Studies on medicinal plants of Sri Lanka: occurrence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and hepatotoxic properties in some traditional medicinal herbs, J Ethnopharmacol, 4(2), 159-77.

Meena, K. et al., (2010), Wound healing activity of aqueous extract of Crotalaria verrucosa in Wistar albino rats, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 783-787.

Suri, O. M. P. et al., (1976), Novel Secopyrrolizidine Alkaloids from Crotalaria verrucosa, Phytochemistry, 15, 1061-1063.

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