Crotalaria retusa

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
An erect, robust undershrub, 60-120cm high, with glabrous striate branches; leaves oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, usually glabrous above and silky pubescent beneath; flowers yellow, numerous, large and showy in erect terminal racemes; fruits stalked pods, slightly broader upwards with 15-20 seeds per pod.
The whole plant of Rattleweeda is used for dyspepsia, fever, cardiac disorders and stomatopathy. The leaves are used for curing ptyalism, diarrhoea, scabies and impetigo. The seeds powdered and boiled with milk are said to be very useful for increasing body strength and life span. The seeds are depurative, digestive and febrifuge and are useful in skin diseases, leprosy, flatulence and fever.