Botanical name-Entada pursaetha
Family name:- Fabaceae
English name- Large Seabean, Snuff-box Bean
Sinhala name:-pus wel
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Description:-Pus wel is a large, woody, climbing vine with bipinnate leaves and small, rounded leaflets. The flowers are white. The pods are light brown, curved and up to 1 meter in length. The seeds are 4-7 cm. broad, brown, glossy and rounded or sometimes rectangular.
Grows in:-Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland.
India,
Ayurvedic usage:-
Treament for:-
Skin diseases, Fever, Abscesses, Post partum – myalgia, Sty,
Glandular swellings, Severe back pain,
Propagation -Seeds