SARPUNKHA DRY EXTRACT

SARPUNKHA  DRY EXTRACT

Tephrosia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family of fabaceae .This plant has pinnate leaves ,white and purplish flowers and flat hairy pods .

It is a common waste land weed  ,even grown in sides of the roads in many parts of India and Srilanka . It is under cultivation as green  manure crops in  poor soils .Tephrosia purpurea is commonly known as wild indigo ,kolunchi in Tamil ,Sarapunkha in Sanskrit ,Vempali  in Telugu .This plant has full of medicinal properties .
This plant was used as a traditional medicine for curing  many diseases like leprosy, ulcers, asthma, vumors, liver, spleen, heart  and blood related diseases  .