Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
andhi-neel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andho-bakario	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
averiya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bird's cicca	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bu averi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chermai burong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hairy indigo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kali kathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-tagera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolapattitulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peru vempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silky indigo	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tattaikkarunkollu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
අවරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
බූ අවරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anil hirsuta (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 160 (1891).
Astragalus spicatus Burm. ex Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 182 (1832), nom. illeg.
Hedysarum coccineum Zipp. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 305 (1855), not validly publ.
Indigofera angustifolia Blanco Fl. Filip.: 596 (1837), nom. illeg.
Indigofera barbata Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 410 (1826).
Indigofera ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 370 (1827).
Indigofera fusca G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 211 (1832).
Indigofera hirsuta var. pumila Welw. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 89 (1871).
Indigofera hirta Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 91 (1837), not validly publ.
Indigofera indica Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Indigofera rhodosantha Zipp. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 305 (1855).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Indigofera hirsuta	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Indigofera hirsuta L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Indigofera hirsuta Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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