Plant Details

Accepted name:: Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Indigofera tinctoria L.
Infraspecies:: Indigofera tinctoria var. arcuata J.B.Gillett

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
nili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 317 (1791).
Anil tinctoria var. media Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 160 (1891).
Anil tinctoria var. neglecta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 160 (1891).
Anil tinctoria var. orthocarpa (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 160 (1891).
Indigofera anil var. orthocarpa DC. Prodr. 2: 225 (1825).
Indigofera bergii Vatke Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1876(App.): 3 (1876).
Indigofera cinerascens DC. Prodr. 2: 226 (1825).
Indigofera diffusa Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 79 (1814).
Indigofera emarginata Perr. in J.B.A.Guillemin & G.S.Perrottet, Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 178 (1832).
Indigofera houer Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 137 (1775).
Indigofera indica Lam. Encycl. 3: 245 (1789), nom. illeg.
Indigofera microcarpa (A.Chev.) Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte Int. J. Geobot. Res. 7: 22 (2017), nom. illeg.
Indigofera oligophylla Lam. ex Baker Fl. Mauritius: 70 (1877), not validly publ.
Indigofera ornithopodioides Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 372 (1827).
Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) O.Berg in O.C.Berg & C.F.Schmidt, Darstell. Beschr. Off. Gew. 4: t. 30d (1863), nom. illeg.
Indigofera tinctoria var. macrocarpa DC. Prodr. 2: 224 (1825).
Indigofera tinctoria var. microcarpa A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. 15: 969 (1935).
Indigofera tinctoria var. torulosa Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa 1: 157 (1926).
Indigofera tulearensis Baill. ex Drake in A.Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar 30: 152 (1902 publ. 1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Indigofera sumatrana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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