Uraria picta. Very important medicinal plants and one of the ten ingredients of the famous Ayurvedic formulation 'Dashamoola Arishtam'. Annual demand (consumption is a ?) of its roots by the Indian drug manufacturing units exceeds 100 metric tonnes.
Owing to its scarcity in South, other species of Uraria and Pseudarthria viscida are used for the same purpose. -- With regards R. Vijayasankar FRLHT, Bangalore --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
