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Heen undupiyaliya |
| Vernacular Name: Sinhala: Heen undupiyaliya; Tam: Sirupullati, | |
| Description: A small perennial much branched prostrate trailing herb with slender stems rooting at the nodes; leaves trifoliate, leaflets membranous, obovate, cuneate, truncate or emarginated or rarely rounded; flowers pink or white, 1-5 fascicled in the adls of leaves; fruits pods, with straight upper edge and indented lower edge, reticulately veined. | |
| Propagation: By seeds and vegetative method. | |
| Parts Used: Whole plant. | |
| Chemical Constituents: N.A. | |
| Uses: The plant is acrid, sweet, cooling, expectorant and galactagogue, and is useful in vitiated conditions of pitta, cough, bronchitis, wounds, abscess, sores, pruritus, erysipelas, dysentery, flatulence and burning sensation. | |
