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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH479 : Indigofera glabra L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Indigofera
Species : Indigofera glabra L.
Plant Location in Melghat : Among grasses  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : FABOIDEAE  
 
Plant Common Name :
 
Synonym : Indigofera fragrans Retz.
Indigofera pentaphylla Murra
Description : Annual diffuse herb; stems many, sparsely hairy all over, often reddish. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3-7, opposite, 5-15 x 3-10 mm, elliptic to suborbicular or obovate, base rounded to acute, apex obtuse, subappressed-pubescent on both surfaces; stipules c. 5 mm long, acicular, ciliate. Inflorescence axillary, racemose, 2-5-flowered; peduncles capillary, 0.7-2 cm long. Flowers c. 5 mm long, reddish. Calyx c. 2 mm long, pubescent; lobes setaceous. Petals reddish-pink; standard 3-3.5 mm long. Pods 1.5-2 cm long, c. 1.5 mm diam., linear, subtetragonous, 8-12-seeded. Seeds c. 1 mm across, cubiform, yellowish with dark motlings.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The leaves are a bitter tonic and febrifuge. They are applied externally as an emollient.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
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 :