Phyllodium pulchellum

Phyllodium pulchellum is an Asian plant in the family Fabaceae.

Phyllodium pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Clade:	Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade
Clade:	Millettioids
Tribe:	Desmodieae
Genus:	Phyllodium
Species:	P. pulchellum
Binomial name
Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.[1]
Synonyms
Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth. Hedysarum pulchellum L. (basionym) Meibomia pulchella (L.)

Distribution and habitat

Phyllodium pulchellum is widely distributed in tropical Asia and also in the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and Australia's Northern Territory.^[1]

Medicinal

Traditional

In Bangladesh, a bark decoction is used for hemorrhage, diarrhea, poisoning and eye diseases. Flowers are used in biliousness.^[2]

Chemical composition

Plant: Bufotenin and its methyl ether, DMT and its oxides, two tryptamine derivatives, gramine, 15 indole-3-alkylamine, tryptophan bases, β-carbolines

Seeds: Galactomannan, L-glucosyl rhamnoside of physcion

Roots: Betulin, α-amyrin, β-sitosterol^[2]

The alkaloids are mainly of three broad structural types, i.e. indole-3-alkylamine, beta-carbolines, and tetrahydro-β-carboline.^[2]