Alysicarpus monilifer L.(DC.) (Papilionaceae), commonly known as Samervo (Gujarati) or Juhi ghas (Hindi), is a turf forming legume and native to Africa and Asia. In India it is distributed throughout the plains- Madras, Jammu, Bombay, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It has been used in indigenous system of medicine as anti-inflammatory, in stomach-ache, an antidote to snake bite, in skin diseases and as a diuretic. The leaves are used in fever and jaundice. Herbs show a number of problems when quality aspect is considered because of the various intrinsic and extrinsic...