Indigofera astragalina DC.
Indigofera astragalina DC.
Indigofera astragalina DC.
Indigofera astragalina DC.
Indigofera astragalina DC.
MH055 : Indigofera astragalina DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 134 |
| Synonym | : | Indigofera hirsuta sensu auct.;
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| Plant Common Name | : | Silky Indigo, Dagadia, Ranmethi, Phuljhadi; |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Erect or spreading annual, up to 1.5 m tall; stem pilose, hairs stiff, mostly brown. Leaf imparipinnately compound, petiole up to 2 cm long, pilose; rachis up to 7 cm long, pilose; leaflets 5-11, up to 40 mm long and 25 mm wide, pilose on both sides; petiolules c. 2 mm long; stipules up to 1 cm long. Inflorescence a raceme, peduncle 25 mm long, hirsute. Bract up to 5 mm long, caducous. Pedicel c. 1 mm long. Calyx c. 4 mm long, brown hirsute, teeth linear setaceous, cup very small. Vexillum c. 4-4.5 mm long. Fruit tetragonal, c. 10-20 mm long, c. 3 mm wide, hirsute, up to 6-seeded. Fl.Per.: August-October. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On hills slope in open situations |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242443913 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Indigofera L. - indigo |
| Species | : Indigofera astragalina DC. |