Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Indigofera tinctoria
Scientific Name and Description
Indigofera tinctoria L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Anila tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze
Indigofera anil var. orthocarpa DC.
Indigofera bergii Vatke
Indigofera cinerascens DC.
Indigofera houer Forssk.
Indigofera indica Lam.
Indigofera oligophylla Baker
Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) O.Berg & C.F.Schmidt
Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.
Indigofera tinctoria Blanco
Indigofera tulearensis Drake
Indigofera anil var. orthocarpa DC.
Indigofera bergii Vatke
Indigofera cinerascens DC.
Indigofera houer Forssk.
Indigofera indica Lam.
Indigofera oligophylla Baker
Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) O.Berg & C.F.Schmidt
Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.
Indigofera tinctoria Blanco
Indigofera tulearensis Drake
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common name | true indigo |
| English | black henna |
| Hindi | gouli, lil, neel, nil, nil-ka-jhar, nil-ka-per, nili |
| Kannada | ajara, ajura, anjooraneeli, bangaali neeli, hennu neeli, hennuneeli, hennunili, kare neeli, mahaaneeli, neeli, neeli gida, nili, nili-gida, olle neeli, ollenili, rajani |
| Malayalam | amari, amen, ameri, avari, dronica, dronika, gnymina, grymina, guli, madhuparnika, madhuparnnika, nilam, nili, ranjani |
| Marathi | gulee, nali, neela, neeli, nili, nuli |
| Sanskrit | akika, anjanakesika, asita, bhadra, bharavahi, charatika, dola, dronika, duli, dulika, eshi, gandhapushpa, gandhapushpi, gramina, k, kala, klitakika, kutsala, mahabala, mahaphala, mandhuparnika, meghavarna, mochakrishna, neela, neelinee, nila, nilam, nilapushpika, nilapuspa, nilavrikshaha, nili, nilika, nilini, rangapatri, rangapushpi, ranjani, ranjini, sarada, shodhini, shyamalika, sriphali, sthiraraga, sthiraranga, tuli, tuni, tuttha, vijaya, vrintika, vyanjankeshi |
| Tamil | acitai, acitam, acotaki, acotam, alampokki, alampokkicceti, alatatai, alattatai, ancanam, arrippuracatani, arrumarokamnikki, asidai, attippuracatani, attipuracatani, attipurashadam, avari, aviri, avuri, avuri ilai, avuriver, avuriver-t-tol, avuriyilai, cacayapakam, caiver, calikkanni, cantatakacceti, cantatakam, cantatam, caracam, chamundi, cimmai, cirupairikacceti, citavuri, ilancini, ilancinicceti, iracani,irancani, iranci, irasani, kalakacacceti, kalakacam, kalakam,kalakantaki, kalam,kannenci, kantaputpai, kantaputpam,karundoli, karuntoli, karuntolicceti, kasturinili, kasturinilicceti, katurakomatai, kavi, keci, kicapatikacceti, kicapatikam, kilocakacceti, kilocakam, kiramanai, kolli ,kurankavacceti, kurankavam, kurcalai, madubarunigai, matupanni, matuparinikai, matuparnikai, matuparunikai, matuparunikaicceti, mekattoniyan, mekavaranai, mekavaranaicceti, mekavarnanai, mekavarunai, mocai , mocaicceti, nancumuriccan, neela kashunji, neeli, neelum, nil, nilakkali, nilam, nilamaruntu, nili, nili avuri, nili-maram, nilicceti, niraimani, pattakari, pattirai 1, pentipekam, stirarankam, tamaraikkanni, tanmavaipatacceti, tanmavaipatam, tarutittam, toli,tolicceti, tuttam, ulakankattal, ulakankattan, ulakankattanceti, ulankaranai, unkaranai, vakkiyecam, vellaikkirikarni |
| Telugu | aviri, konda nili, neel, neeli chettu, neelichettu, neelie, neli, nili, nili-chettu, syaama, syama |
| Tibetan | ni la, ni la (d) |
| Urdu | habb-ul-neel (kaladana), nila |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Indigofera tinctoria L.
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Liver diseases; snake bites; allopatia; bronchitis; cough; respiratory infections; tuberculosis; jaundice
Treatment - General
References - Dey and De 2012, Padal et al. 2010
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Dey and De 2012,
Padal et al. 2010
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Indigofera tinctoria. (2023, March 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_tinctoria