Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Mudgaparni (Vigna trilobata), of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family. Slender trailing or twining annual herb with trifoliate leaves, the leaflets often lobed, and small yellow pea-flowers; native range: the plains and dry open ground of India and Sri Lanka, trailing in grass and on field margins; also grown as a fodder and green manure. Globally recognized as mudgaparni, kakamudga in Sanskrit, mugani, jangli mung in Hindi, ran-mug in Marathi, and wild gram, African gram, pillipesara in English. The part used is whole plant (panchanga), leaf, seed. A soft, fine-stemmed trailer of the grass; the herb sweetish and slightly astringent, without heat.

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