Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz.
Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz.
MH480 : Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Hedysarum linifolium L.f.;
Indigofera albicans Span.;
Indigofera linifolia campbellii Baker;
Indigofera polygonoides Wendl.;
Indigofera roxburghii Tausch;
Sphaeridiophorum abyssinicum Jaub. & Spach;
Sphaeridiophorum linifolium (L.f.)Desv.
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| Plant Common Name | : | Bhangra,
Torki,
Pandarphali,
Ratnamala,
Ratanjot; Pandharphali,
Lal Godhadi;
Wild Indigo,
Torki,
Tandi,
Narrowleaf Indigo;
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| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae - FABOIDEAE |
| Description | : | Annual, much branched, prostrate; branches pubescent, hairs appressed. Leaf simple, c. 1.2-2.6 cm long, c. 1.5-2.6 mm broad, linear, acute, mucronate, appressly pubescent on both sides; sessile to subsessile; stipules minute, setaceous. Inflorescence a sessile or shortly peduncled axillary raceme. Calyx c. 2.5-2.6 mm, pubescent, teeth linear, longer than the tube. Corolla bright red. Vexillum c. 5-8 mm long. Fruit c. 1.5-2.0 mm long, globose, apiculate, appressly pubescent, 1-seeded. Fl. Per.: July-October. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant (part not specified) is used in the treatment of febrile eruptions.
Combined with Euphorbia thymifolia, the plant is used in the treatment of amenorrhoea. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List - Least concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book 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 | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Indigofera |
| Species | : Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz. |