A reply: "eventhough i am not a botanist, i too think plant posted by Dinesh ji is not I.tinctoria. I am much familer with I.tinctoria as our industry require neelini- I tinctoria- for preparing many hair enriching oils.
plant picture is very clear in the link given by you -indian medicinal plants growers consortium regards sheji" On 13 June 2010 11:47, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “Dear friends, ... at another forum, my friends have genuine *doubts about > this plant being I. tinctoria. > * > Their thoughts: I. tinctoria is a small shrub, similar to I. suffruticosa > (in fact, they think both are synonymous). > > To me it looks like I. tinctoria (and dear Tabish too thinks similarly) > ... yet would like you to take a re-look and validate the ID. > > > Based my ID by referring these two links: > 1) ... The Indigo page ... http://www.indigopage.com/herbal/indigofera.htm > 2) ... IMPGC ... > http://www.impgc.com/plantinfo_A.php?id=273&bc=Raw%20Herbs%20%BB%20Leaves > > > Facts: > Found the plant growing on hill slope, enroute Kas plateau in the ghat > region. > Best remembering it to be about 4 - 5 ft in height and about as much wide. > Requesting you to refer the photographs for inferring ID.” from Dinesh ji. > > > *“I doubt this to be I. tinctoria on two counts* > > > 1. Leaflets are around 19, they are never more than 13 in I. inctoria > 2. The shrub appears to be taller than I. tinctoria which is rarely more > than 1 m tall > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > Date: 29 May 2010 01:13 > Subject: NATIVE :: Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Indigofera tinctoria > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, > bodhi-nigha...@googlegroups.com > > > Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » *Indigofera tinctoria* ((syn. *Indigofera > argentea, Indigofera sumatrana*) > ... also placed in Papilionaceae > > > in-dee-GO-fer-uh -- bearing indigo > tink-TOR-ee-uh -- used in dyeing or has a sap which can stain > > *commonly known as*: true indigo • Bengali: নীল neel • Gujarati: નીલ neel > • Hindi: नील neel • Kannada: ajara, nili • Malayalam: amari, nilamari, nili > • Marathi: निळंबी nilambi, नीली nili • Sanskrit: नीली neeli, nilika, नीलिनी > nilini, rangapatri • Tamil: அவுரி avuri, நீலி nili • Telugu: అవిరి aviri, > నీలి nili > * > Native of*: tropical Africa, w Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, s China, > Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, n Australia; widely naturalized / > cultivated; exact native range obscure > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/True%20Indigo.html > • Indigo page ... http://www.indigopage.com/herbal/indigofera.htm > • NPGS / GRIN ... > http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20064 > • ILDIS ... > http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~2778&genus~Indigofera&species~tinctoria > • M.M.P.N.D. ... > http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Indigofera.html > • DDSA ... http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Views attached from: > ... enroute Kas plateau > > > Regards. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
