Desmodium gangeticum
Common name	Shaalparni
Botanical Name	Desmodium gangeticum
Vernacular name	English- Tick tree Gujarati- Shalavan Hindi- Sarivan Sanskrit- Vidarigandha
Family	Fabaceae
Class	Dicotyledonae
Parts of plant used	Root
Chemical Constituents	N-dimethyltryptamine, hypaphorin, hordenine, caudicine, gangetin-3H, gangetinin and desmodin
Therapeutic uses	The plant has febrifuge, aphrodisiac, analgesic, diuretic,anti-inflammatoryand haemorrhagic properties, used in postnatal complaints, diarrhea, chronic fever, biliousness, cough, vomitting and asthama.