Gileginja chedi PRODUCT NAME
Crotolaria micans Link = Crotolaria anagyroides Kunth. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Gileginja chedi |
| Local Name: | Gileginja chedi (Irula + Kurumba). |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
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| Product Description: | A shrub. Flower: In racemes, yellow, bracts linear. Fruits: A pod, oblong, pubescent. Seeds 3-5 |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | American Samoa |
| Description: | Introduced above 500m. Fallow lands, tea plantations. Native to tropical America now widely naturalized |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets roots shoots |
| Uses: | Crushed leaf applied in case of wasp bites Root yellow and medicine for snake bites Tender shoots are used in medicinal preparations. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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