Plant Details

Accepted name:: Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A.Rich. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african indigo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anileira de java	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
añil de java	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
baba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
baba tamau	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bengal indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
java indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lademadui	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
maha nil averiya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
mhanahana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mofedu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mofedula	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohetsola	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukatapeta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mumbendedzine	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
natal indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
natal indigo leaf	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
natalindigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
okalambananghole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umphekambedu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umphekambhedu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umusororo	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
verfbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wnaganaga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
මහ නිල් අවරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits, Leaves, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf	dried leaflets	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
leaf, stem, root		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Indigofera scopa De Wild. & T.Durand Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(1): 60 (1899).
Indigofera umbonata Welw. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 98 (1871).
Anil arrecta (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 938 (1891).
Anil madagascariensis (Schrank ex Colla) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 939 (1891).
Anil umbonata (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 940 (1891).
Indigofera kisantuensis De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 13 (1900).
Indigofera madagascariensis Schrank ex Colla Hortus Ripul., App. 2: 350 (1826).
Indigofera tinctoria var. arrecta (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Berhaut Fl. Senegal: 50 (1954).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Indigofera arrecta	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Indigofera arrecta A. Rich.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Indigofera arrecta Hochst ex Rich.	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
Indigofera arrecta Hochst.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Indigofera arrecta Hochst. Ex A. Rich.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Indigofera arrecta Hochst. exA. Rich.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Indigofera arrecta Hochstetter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Indigofera scopa De Wild. & T.Durand	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Indigofera umbonata Welw. ex Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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