Here is a reply: "Dear Geetha, Nice photos! ........ Plant 11 = Indigofera trifoliata of Fabaceae ......... Regards vijayasankar"
2009/2/9 Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]> > 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 >> >> > -- 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. 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