3,610
edits
Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Changes
no edit summary
==Uses==
{{Uses|Poisoning}}, {{Uses|Splenomegaly}}, {{Uses|Bloating}}, {{Uses|Worm infestation}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=ajura, anjooraneeli, bangaali neeli, hennu neeli|ml=madhuparnnika, nilam, nili|sa=anjanakesika, asita, bhadra, bharavahi, neela, neelinee, nila, nilam, nilapushpika, shyamalika|ta=avuri, avuri ilai, nilam|te=aviri, konda nili|hi=neel, nil, nil-ka-jhar|en=Indigo}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|pinnate|alternate|leaflets opposite, 5-22 x 5-12 mm, elliptic to obovate, base and apex rounded, darkening on drying; stipules c. 2 mm long, subulate. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|axillary spicate racemes|Reddish||Flowers 5-7 mm long, red; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Calyx 2-3 mm long, pubescent; lobes narrow lanceolate, acuminate. Petals reddish; standard c. 4 mm long, suborbicular. Ovary 8-12-ovuled, hairy.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A Pod|2-3 cm long, c. 2 mm wide||linear, straight or slightly curved, 8-12-seeded.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2015/10/07/neelini-indigofera-tinctoria/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Indigofera+tinctoria]
* [https://www.indianmedicinalplants.info/herbs/index.php/978-indigofera-tinctoria]
[[Category:Herbs]]
