Desmodium molliculum

Desmodium molliculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Desmodium
Species:
D. molliculum
Binomial name
Desmodium molliculum
(Kunth) DC., 1825

Desmodium molliculum, called manayupa or pata de perro in Peru, is a perennial herb in the pea family, Fabaceae.[1]

Uses

In Peru it is used in traditional medicine for wound healing and its antiinflammatory and antiseptic properties.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hammond, Gerald B (1998). "A survey of traditional medicinal plants from the Callejón de Huaylas, Department of Ancash, Perú". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 61 (1): 17–30. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00009-9. PMID 9687078.
  2. ^ Rojas, Rosario; Bustamante, Beatriz; Bauer, Jose; Fernández, Irma (2003). "Antimicrobial activity of selected Peruvian medicinal plants". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 88 (2–3): 201. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00212-5. PMID 12963143. Retrieved 14 March 2020.