Hi, Geetha ji, First picture may be of *Indigofera glandulosa* (*Borpudi*) (FOS- p. 147). Links: http://gallery.bizhat.com/showphoto.php/photo/37689/size/big (a picture), http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/16973.shtml (little details), Some interesting extracts from Wikipedia link on *Indigofera* (*Indigo Plants*?): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant
*Indigofera* is a large genus of about 700 species of flowering plants<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant>belonging to the family Fabaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae>. They occur throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with a few species reaching the temperate zone in eastern Asia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia>. The species are mostly shrubs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub>, though some are herbaceous <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous>, and a few can become small trees <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree> up to 5–6 m tall. Most are dry-season or winter deciduous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous>. The leaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf> are pinnate with 5–31 leaflets and the terminal leaflet present. Leaf sizes vary from 3–25 cm. The flowers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower> are small, produced on racemes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raceme>2–15 cm long. Several of them and especially *Indigofera tinctoria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_tinctoria> * and *Indigofera suffruticosa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_suffruticosa> * are used to produce the dye <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye> indigo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye>. Colonial planters <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planter> in the West Indies<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies>grew indigo and transported its cultivation when they settled in the colony of South Carolina <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina>. Exports of the crop did not expand until the mid-to late 1700s, however, when Eliza Lucas Pinckney <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Lucas_Pinckney> and enslaved Africans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africans> successfully cultivated new strains near Charleston<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina>. It became the second most important cash crop in the colony after rice before the American Revolution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution>, and provided more than one-third the value of all exports. The chemical aniline <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniline>, from which many important dyes are derived, was first synthesized from *I. suffruticosa* ( syn. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonymy> *I. anil*, whence the name aniline). Several species of this group are used to alleviate pain. The herbs are generally regarded as an analgesic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic>with anti-inflammatory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-inflammatory> activity, rather than an anodyne <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodyne>.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant#cite_note-0> *Indigofera articulata<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_articulata&action=edit&redlink=1> * Gouan (Arabic *Khedaish*) was used for toothache, and *Indigofera oblongifolia<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_oblongifolia&action=edit&redlink=1> * Forsskal (Arabic "Hasr") was used as an anti-inflammatory for insect stings, snakebites, and swellings. [2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant#cite_note-1> *Indigofera suffruticosa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera_suffruticosa> * and *Indigofera aspalthoides<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_aspalthoides&action=edit&redlink=1> * have also been used as anti-inflammatories.[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_plant#cite_note-2>A patent was granted for use of Indigofera arrecta<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indigofera_arrecta&action=edit&redlink=1>extract to relieve ulcer pain. 2009/2/6 Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]> > Dear Friends > 2 Plants posted here were photographed at a Hill, near Chas-kaman dam. > Request id please > thanks and best wishes > geetha > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
