Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   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.

Plant Common Name : Bhangra, Torki, Pandarphali, Ratnamala, Ratanjot; Pandharphali, Lal Godhadi; Wild Indigo, Torki, Tandi, Narrowleaf Indigo;

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.

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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
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.

Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz.
Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz.