Plant Details

Accepted name:: Indigofera heterantha Wall. ex Brandis [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kainthi	Other	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
kanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathoj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, leaves, branches		Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anil macrostachya (Vent.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 938 (1891).
Indigofera coronillifolia G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs 1[Polypet.]: 119 (1894), not validly publ.
Indigofera gerardiana Graham ex Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 100 (1876), nom. superfl.
Indigofera gerardiana var. heterantha (Wall. ex Brandis) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 100 (1876), nom. superfl.
Indigofera heterantha var. gerardiana Ali Fl. W. Pakistan 100: 83 (1977), not validly publ.
Indigofera himalayensis var. retusa S.Biswas Indian J. Forest. 6: 322 (1983 publ. 1984).
Indigofera macrostachya Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 44 (1804).
Indigofera quadrangularis Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5483 (1831), not validly publ.
Indigofera roylei Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 335 (1893).
Indigofera rubroviolacea Dunn Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 117 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Indigofera heterantha Brandis	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Indigofera heterantha Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indigofera heterantha Wall. ex Brandis	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)

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