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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Indigofera tinctoria |
| Family name: |
FABACEAE
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| English name: |
Indigo Blue
Indigo
True Indigo
Dye Indigo
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| Sinhala name: |
Nil Awariya (නිල් අවරිය)
Nil avari (නිල් අවරි)
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| Tamil name: |
Nilam
Nili
Avuri
Avuri ilai
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| Sanskrit name: |
Nilini
Anjanakesika
Asita
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Branching shrub up to 2 m high, leaves with 7-13 leaflets, green when fresh and grayish back on drying, tender branches bluish red in colour, flowers many in nearly sessile lax spicate racemes which are much shorter than the leaves, red or pink; fruits cylindric pods, pale greenish grey when young and dark brown on ripening with 10-12 seeds.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Nervous disorders
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Seeds
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Nutritive tonic
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