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Botanical Name |
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Indigofera tinctoria L. |
English
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True or Indian Indigo, black henna |
Synonym(s) |
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Indigofera leptostachys DC., Indigofera pulchella sensu Baker |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, with slender, spreading, rather angular branches, rough with short adpressed white hairs. Leaves alternate, 3 or 4 inches long, shortly stalked, unequally pinnate, with small, setaceous stipules, rachis stiff, tapering, hairy; leaflets in 4 to 6 opposite pairs and an odd one, very shortly stalked, each with a minute stipella at the base, oval-or obovate-oblong, entire, ½ to ¾ inch long, glabrous and bluish green above, silky with white adpressed hairs and paler beneath. |
| Herb Effects |
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Depresses the central nervous system and hypoglycemic (aerial part); irritates the mucosa of the alimentary canal. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Indigotin, indican, phosphoric acid (leaf); from an alcohol extract of plant. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
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| Indigotin |
93660-98-1 |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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| Indican |
487-60-5 |
2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-
(1H-indol-3-yloxy)ox
ane-3,4,5-triol |
C14H17NO6 |
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| Phosphoric acid |
7664-38-2 |
phosphoric acid |
H3O4P |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Epilepsy, lumbago, asthma, leucoderma, hemorrhoids and enlargement of the liver and spleen (plant); in damage to the liver (alcohol extract from plant); convulsions in infants, hysteria, chorea and amenorrhea. |
| Reference |
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 Sharma Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Bentley and Trimen, Medicinal Plants. |
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