Indigofera linnaei - Birdsville Indigo

❏ Binomial Name : Indigofera linnaei Ali

❏ Synonym : Hedysarum prostratum,Indigofera enneaphylla,Indigofera dominii 

❏ Family : Leguminosae

❏ Common Name : Birdsville Indigo

❏ Tamil Name : Seppu nerinji

❏ Hindi Name : Latahai, Bekario

❏ IUCN Status : Not Evaluated

Indigofera linnaei Botanical Description

Trailing, branched, slender annual or perennial herbs with woody rootstock, sparsely grey-pubescent. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 5-9, subsessile, 3-8 x 2-4 mm, oblong-obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse to emarginate, appressed pubescent on both surfaces; stipules c. 3 mm long, ovate, cuspidate, scarious. Flowers 3-4.5 mm long, in 10-15-flowered axillary subcapitate racemes, 1-1.5 cm long; bracts c. 2 mm long, deltoid, hyaline. Calyx-tube c.1 mm long; lobes 2-3 mm long, setaceous. Corolla exserted, red; standard obovate; wings and keels oblong. Staminal sheath to 3 mm; style apically incurved. Pods 3-4 x 1.5-2.5 mm, oblong-cylindrical or subglobose, adpressed hairy. Seeds 2. Fl. &Fr.: September-December 

Indigofera linnaei Medicinal uses

❀ Leaf paste applied on the body before bath to cure fevers.

❀ The juice of the plant is used as an antiscorbutic and diuretic. It is considered to be alterative in the treatment of old venereal affections

❀ Equal quantities of leaves and roots are made into paste and one spoon of it is administered with water. to cure asthma

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