Dear Garg ji thank you. geetha On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:54 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
