Indigofera cassioides DC.
Indigofera cassioides DC.
Indigofera cassioides DC.
MS038 : Indigofera cassioides DC.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 135 |
| Synonym | : | Indigofera arborea Roxb.;
Indigofera byansghatensis S.N.Biswas;
Indigofera cassoides DC.;
Indigofera elliptica Roxb.;
Indigofera gibsonii Graham;
Indigofera leptostachya DC.;
Indigofera pulchella Roxb.;
Indigofera pulchella var. purpurascens (Roxb.)Haines;
Indigofera purpurascens Roxb.;
Indigofera violacea Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K-Bholori, Cassia Indigo • Hindi: Saknya, Kathi • Kannada: Chennaata • Konkani: Chimnati • Marathi: Chimnati, Baroli • Oriya: Girel • Telugu: Karkandi |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Shrubs, 1-1.5 m tall. Stems brown, robust, with obvious lenticels; young branches green or red-brown, angular, with appressed white medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules linear, caducous. Leaves 5.5-15 cm, 13-21-foliolate; petiole and rachis with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes; petiole 1.1-1.8 cm; rachis adaxially grooved; stipels subulate, ca. 1 mm; petiolules ca. 2 mm, hairy; leaflet blades opposite, subopposite, or rarely alternate, elliptic to obovate, 1-2.4 × 0.7-1.5 cm, both surfaces with appressed white medifixed trichomes, midvein abaxially prominent and adaxially slightly impressed, secondary veins 8-11 on each side of midvein and obvious, base cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse to truncate. Racemes 4-17 cm; peduncle very short, base with persistent bud scales; rachis angular, with appressed brown trichomes; bracts ovate to lanceolate, 2-4 mm, caducous, abaxially with appressed brown to grayish brown trichomes. Pedicel 1-2 mm, hairy. Calyx cup-shaped, 2.5-3.5 mm, outside with sparse appressed white trichomes; teeth triangular, as long as tube. Corolla purple to light purple; standard broadly ovate, ca. 10 × 7-7.5 mm, glabrous, base clawed, apex obtuse; wings 8-9.5 mm, base auriculate and clawed, margin ciliate; keel 9-9.5 mm, outside apically hairy, very shortly spurred, margin ciliate. Stamens 7-9.5 mm; anthers ovoid to ellipsoid, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Legume cylindric, 2.4-4.5 cm × ca. 4 mm, glabrous; endocarp blotched. Seeds 8-12 per legume, reddish brown, cubic, ca. 2 × 2 mm. Fl. Jan-Mar, fr. Apr-Jun. 2n = 16. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On hill slopes |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | A decoction of the roots is used in the treatment of coughs. The root is dried, ground into a powder and applied externally in the treatment of pains in the chest. |
| 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=2&taxon_id=242326764
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Indigofera+cassioides
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230043
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cassia%20Indigo.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| 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 cassioides DC. |