“…Based on folkloric medications, a few plants of Rhynchosia genus were used in indigenous medicine (Bakshu and Raju 2001;Bangalore and Agrahari 2009;Gamble and Fischer 1935;Kritikar and Basu 1975) such as antibacterial, antidiabetic, abortifacients, healing of wounds, hepatoprotective, rheumatic pains, remedial for boils and skin infections by Adivasi tribes. For example, Rhynchosia scarabaeiods L. (known as 'gadi chikkudu kaya') has been used to treat various bacterial diseases like dysentery, diarrhea and skin infections (Challa et al 2011). Another endemic species of South India, Rhynchosia suaveolens DC is reported as antioxidant and antibacterial agent (Khan and Shoeb 1984;Rammohan et al 2015).…”