Botanical Name - Crotolaria juncea

----- C. juncea, Linn. ; F.B.I. II - 79. The " Sunnhemp plant. Vern. Jannam, Jannapa-nara, Tel.

----- Leaves 1 1/2 - 3 in. long, shining on both sides, with thin short brown silky hairs. Racemes 12-20 flowered, reaching a foot long. Calyx 1/2 - 3/4 in. long, densely clothed with ferruginous velvety hairs ; teeth very deep. Corolla bright yellow. Pod 1-1 1/4 in. long, clothed with short, spreading, persistent, silky hairs, 10-15-seeded.

----- Commonly cultivated for its fibre.

----- Trigonella foenum-graecum, Linn. F.B.I., V. 2. P. 87. Methi, Hind. Mentulu (Tel).

----- A pot herb, usually extensively cultivated in Hyderabad. The leaves and seeds are used in curries.

----- Medicinal uses :- The seeds are considered carminative aphrodisiac and tonic, useful in rheunatism, loss of apetite, dropsy, chronic cough and enlargement of the spleen and liver. Leaves possess cooling properties, a poultice of them is often used for swelling and burns.