Indigofera glabra L.
Indigofera glabra L.
Indigofera glabra L.
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
Synonym | : | Indigofera fragrans Retz.;
Indigofera pentaphylla Murra; |
Plant Common Name | : | |
Plant Family | : | Fabaceae - FABOIDEAE |
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. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Among grasses |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are a bitter tonic and febrifuge. They are applied externally as an emollient. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | |
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 glabra L. |