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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Indigofera
| image = Indigofera tinctoria1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Indigofera tinctoria''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Indigofereae]]
| genus = '''''Indigofera'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
[[Image:Koeh-076.jpg|thumb|''Indigofera suffruticosa'']]
'''''Indigofera''''' is a large genus of about 700 species of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Fabaceae]]. They occur throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with a few species reaching the temperate zone in eastern [[Asia]].
The species are mostly [[shrub]]s, though some are [[herbaceous]], and a few can become small [[tree]]s up to 5-6 m tall; most are dry-season or winter [[deciduous]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate with 5-31 leaflets, the terminal leaflet present; leaf size varies from 3-25 cm long. The [[flower]]s are small, produced on [[raceme]]s 2-15 cm long.
''Indigofera'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Turnip Moth]].
;Selected species
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''Indigofera adenocarpa''
*''Indigofera adenoides''
*''Indigofera alopecuroides''
*''Indigofera alpina''
*''Indigofera alternans''
*''Indigofera amblyantha''
*''Indigofera amoena''
*''Indigofera angustata''
*''Indigofera angustifolia''
*''Indigofera antunesiana''
*''Indigofera aquae-nitensis''
*''Indigofera arenophila''
*''Indigofera argentea''
*''Indigofera arrecta''
*''Indigofera articulata''
*''Indigofera aspalathoides''
*''Indigofera aspera''
*''Indigofera asperifolia''
*''Indigofera astragalina''
*''Indigofera atriceps''
*''Indigofera atropurpurea''
*''Indigofera auricoma''
*''Indigofera australis''
*''Indigofera bainesii''
*''Indigofera boviperda''
*''Indigofera brachynema''
*''Indigofera brachyodon''
*''Indigofera brachystachya''
*''Indigofera brevicalyx''
*''Indigofera brevidens''
*''Indigofera brevipes''
*''Indigofera bungeana''
*''Indigofera burchellii''
*''Indigofera candicans''
*''Indigofera candolleana''
*''Indigofera capillaris''
*''Indigofera carlesii''
*''Indigofera caroliniana''
*''Indigofera cassioides''
*''Indigofera cecili''
*''Indigofera charlierana''
*''Indigofera chuniana''
*''Indigofera circinella''
*''Indigofera circinnata''
*''Indigofera colutea''
*''Indigofera comosa''
*''Indigofera cooperi''
*''Indigofera cordifolia''
*''Indigofera cryptantha''
*''Indigofera cuneata''
*''Indigofera cuneifolia''
*''Indigofera cylindracea''
*''Indigofera cylindrica''
*''Indigofera cytisoides''
*''Indigofera daleoides''
*''Indigofera decora''
*''Indigofera delagoaensis''
*''Indigofera demissa''
*''Indigofera dendroides''
*''Indigofera denudata''
*''Indigofera dielsiana''
*''Indigofera digitata''
*''Indigofera dimidiata''
*''Indigofera diphylla''
*''Indigofera disjuncta''
*''Indigofera dosua''
*''Indigofera dregeana''
*''Indigofera dyeri''
*''Indigofera egens''
*''Indigofera emarginella''
*''Indigofera erecta''
*''Indigofera eriocarpa''
*''Indigofera erythrogramma''
*''Indigofera evansiana''
*''Indigofera eylesiana''
|
*''Indigofera fanshawei''
*''Indigofera filicaulis''
*''Indigofera filifolia''
*''Indigofera filiformis''
*''Indigofera filipes''
*''Indigofera flabellata''
*''Indigofera flavicans''
*''Indigofera foliosa''
*''Indigofera fortunei''
*''Indigofera frutescens''
*''Indigofera fulvopilosa''
*''Indigofera gairdnerae''
*''Indigofera galegoides''
*''Indigofera garckeana''
*''Indigofera glandulosa''
*''Indigofera glaucescens''
*''Indigofera glomerata''
*''Indigofera griseoides''
*''Indigofera hamiltonii''
*''Indigofera hebepetala''
*''Indigofera hedyantha''
*''Indigofera hendecaphylla''
*''Indigofera heterantha''
*''Indigofera heterophylla''
*''Indigofera heterotricha''
*''Indigofera heudelotii''
*''Indigofera hewittii''
*''Indigofera hilaris''
*''Indigofera himalayensis''
*''Indigofera hirsuta''
*''Indigofera hispida''
*''Indigofera hochstetteri''
*''Indigofera holubii''
*''Indigofera humifusa''
*''Indigofera ichangensis''
*''Indigofera incana''
*''Indigofera ingrata''
*''Indigofera inhambanensis''
*''Indigofera kirilowii''
*''Indigofera langebergensis''
*''Indigofera laxeracemosa''
*''Indigofera lespedezioides''
*''Indigofera leucotricha''
*''Indigofera lindheimeriana''
*''Indigofera linifolia''
*''Indigofera linnaei''
*''Indigofera litoralis''
*''Indigofera livingstoniana''
*''Indigofera longebarbata''
*''Indigofera longepedicellata''
*''Indigofera longeracemosa''
*''Indigofera lupatana''
*''Indigofera lyallii''
*''Indigofera macrophylla''
*''Indigofera maritima''
*''[[Indigofera marmorata]]''
*''Indigofera mauritanica''
*''Indigofera melanadenia''
*''Indigofera meyeriana''
*''Indigofera microcarpa''
*''Indigofera mimosoides''
*''Indigofera miniata''
*''Indigofera mischocarpa''
*''Indigofera mollicoma''
*''Indigofera monantha''
*''Indigofera montana''
*''Indigofera nebrowniana''
*''[[Indigofera nephrocarpoides]]''
*''Indigofera nigrescens''
*''Indigofera nigromontana''
*''Indigofera nummulariifolia''
*''Indigofera oblongifolia''
*''Indigofera omissa''
*''Indigofera ormocarpoides''
*''Indigofera ovata''
*''Indigofera oxalidea''
|
*''Indigofera oxytropis''
*''Indigofera oxytropoides''
*''Indigofera paniculata''
*''Indigofera parkesii''
*''Indigofera parodiana''
*''Indigofera pascuorum''
*''Indigofera pendula''
*''Indigofera pilosa''
*''Indigofera podophylla''
*''Indigofera poliotes''
*''Indigofera pongolana''
*''Indigofera porrecta''
*''Indigofera potaninii''
*''Indigofera pratensis''
*''Indigofera praticola''
*''Indigofera pretoriana''
*''Indigofera procumbens''
*''Indigofera prostrata''
*''Indigofera pseudotinctoria''
*''Indigofera psoraloides''
*''Indigofera pulchra''
*''Indigofera purpurea''
*''Indigofera rautanenii''
*''Indigofera reducta''
*''Indigofera rehmannii''
*''Indigofera reticulata''
*''Indigofera rhynchocarpa''
*''Indigofera rhytidocarpa''
*''Indigofera ripae''
*''Indigofera rostrata''
*''[[Indigofera rothii]]''
*''Indigofera sabulicola''
*''Indigofera sanguinea''
*''Indigofera saxicola''
*''Indigofera schimperi''
*''Indigofera schinzii''
*''Indigofera secundiflora''
*''Indigofera semitrijuga''
*''Indigofera senegalensis''
*''Indigofera sessiliflora''
*''Indigofera sessilifolia''
*''Indigofera setiflora''
*''Indigofera simplicifolia''
*''[[Indigofera sokotrana]]''
*''Indigofera sordida''
*''Indigofera sphaerocarpa''
*''Indigofera spicata''
*''Indigofera splendens''
*''Indigofera stachyoides''
*''Indigofera stenophylla''
*''Indigofera strobilifera''
*''Indigofera suaveolens''
*''Indigofera subcorymbosa''
*''Indigofera subulifera''
*''Indigofera suffruticosa''
*''Indigofera sulcata''
*''Indigofera swaziensis''
*''Indigofera tenuis''
*''Indigofera tenuissima''
*''[[Indigofera tinctoria]]''
*''Indigofera tomentosa''
*''Indigofera torulosa''
*''Indigofera trifoliata''
*''Indigofera tristis''
*''Indigofera tristoides''
*''Indigofera trita''
*''Indigofera velutina''
*''Indigofera vicioides''
*''Indigofera viscidissima''
*''Indigofera vohemarensis''
*''Indigofera volkensii''
*''Indigofera wildiana''
*''Indigofera williamsonii''
*''Indigofera woodii''
*''Indigofera zeyheri''
*''Indigofera zollingeriana''
|}
===Uses===
Several of them and especially ''[[Indigofera tinctoria]]'' and ''[[Indigofera suffruticosa]]'' are used to produce the [[dye]] [[Indigo dye|indigo]].
The chemical [[aniline]], from which many important dyes are derived, was first synthesized from ''I. suffruticosa'' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''I. anil'', whence the name aniline).
Several species of this group are used to alleviate pain. The herbs are generally regarded as an [[analgesic]] with [[anti-inflammatory]] activity, rather than an [[anodyne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/a.html|title=Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary|accessdate=2007-06-16}}</ref> ''[[Indigofera articulata]]'' Gouan (arabic ''Khedaish'') was used for toothache, and ''[[Indigofera oblongifolia]]'' Forsskal (arabic "Hasr") was used as an antiinflammatory for insect stings, snakebites, and swellings. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/syllabus/module10.htm|title=(syllabus: Duke University)}}</ref>''[[Indigofera suffruticosa]]'' and ''[[Indigofera aspalthoides]]'' have also been used as antiinflammatories.<ref>see references 8-9 in {{cite web|url=http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/3/2/261|title=Antimicrobial Activity of Indigofera suffruticosa}}</ref> A patent was granted for use of [[Indigofera arrecta]] extract to relieve ulcer pain. <ref>{{patent|6083509|US}}</ref>
==References==
<references />
INDIGOFERA.COM natural hair care studio
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6030 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Indigofera'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=0&name_str=Indigofera&btnSearch=Search eFloras: search results for ''Indigofera'']
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Dyes]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Indigofera
| image = Indigofera tinctoria1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Indigofera tinctoria''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Indigofereae]]
| genus = '''''Indigofera'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
[[Image:Koeh-076.jpg|thumb|''Indigofera suffruticosa'']]
'''''Indigofera''''' is a large genus of about 700 species of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Fabaceae]]. They occur throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with a few species reaching the temperate zone in eastern [[Asia]].
The species are mostly [[shrub]]s, though some are [[herbaceous]], and a few can become small [[tree]]s up to 5-6 m tall; most are dry-season or winter [[deciduous]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate with 5-31 leaflets, the terminal leaflet present; leaf size varies from 3-25 cm long. The [[flower]]s are small, produced on [[raceme]]s 2-15 cm long.
''Indigofera'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Turnip Moth]].
;Selected species
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''Indigofera adenocarpa''
*''Indigofera adenoides''
*''Indigofera alopecuroides''
*''Indigofera alpina''
*''Indigofera alternans''
*''Indigofera amblyantha''
*''Indigofera amoena''
*''Indigofera angustata''
*''Indigofera angustifolia''
*''Indigofera antunesiana''
*''Indigofera aquae-nitensis''
*''Indigofera arenophila''
*''Indigofera argentea''
*''Indigofera arrecta''
*''Indigofera articulata''
*''Indigofera aspalathoides''
*''Indigofera aspera''
*''Indigofera asperifolia''
*''Indigofera astragalina''
*''Indigofera atriceps''
*''Indigofera atropurpurea''
*''Indigofera auricoma''
*''Indigofera australis''
*''Indigofera bainesii''
*''Indigofera boviperda''
*''Indigofera brachynema''
*''Indigofera brachyodon''
*''Indigofera brachystachya''
*''Indigofera brevicalyx''
*''Indigofera brevidens''
*''Indigofera brevipes''
*''Indigofera bungeana''
*''Indigofera burchellii''
*''Indigofera candicans''
*''Indigofera candolleana''
*''Indigofera capillaris''
*''Indigofera carlesii''
*''Indigofera caroliniana''
*''Indigofera cassioides''
*''Indigofera cecili''
*''Indigofera charlierana''
*''Indigofera chuniana''
*''Indigofera circinella''
*''Indigofera circinnata''
*''Indigofera colutea''
*''Indigofera comosa''
*''Indigofera cooperi''
*''Indigofera cordifolia''
*''Indigofera cryptantha''
*''Indigofera cuneata''
*''Indigofera cuneifolia''
*''Indigofera cylindracea''
*''Indigofera cylindrica''
*''Indigofera cytisoides''
*''Indigofera daleoides''
*''Indigofera decora''
*''Indigofera delagoaensis''
*''Indigofera demissa''
*''Indigofera dendroides''
*''Indigofera denudata''
*''Indigofera dielsiana''
*''Indigofera digitata''
*''Indigofera dimidiata''
*''Indigofera diphylla''
*''Indigofera disjuncta''
*''Indigofera dosua''
*''Indigofera dregeana''
*''Indigofera dyeri''
*''Indigofera egens''
*''Indigofera emarginella''
*''Indigofera erecta''
*''Indigofera eriocarpa''
*''Indigofera erythrogramma''
*''Indigofera evansiana''
*''Indigofera eylesiana''
|
*''Indigofera fanshawei''
*''Indigofera filicaulis''
*''Indigofera filifolia''
*''Indigofera filiformis''
*''Indigofera filipes''
*''Indigofera flabellata''
*''Indigofera flavicans''
*''Indigofera foliosa''
*''Indigofera fortunei''
*''Indigofera frutescens''
*''Indigofera fulvopilosa''
*''Indigofera gairdnerae''
*''Indigofera galegoides''
*''Indigofera garckeana''
*''Indigofera glandulosa''
*''Indigofera glaucescens''
*''Indigofera glomerata''
*''Indigofera griseoides''
*''Indigofera hamiltonii''
*''Indigofera hebepetala''
*''Indigofera hedyantha''
*''Indigofera hendecaphylla''
*''Indigofera heterantha''
*''Indigofera heterophylla''
*''Indigofera heterotricha''
*''Indigofera heudelotii''
*''Indigofera hewittii''
*''Indigofera hilaris''
*''Indigofera himalayensis''
*''Indigofera hirsuta''
*''Indigofera hispida''
*''Indigofera hochstetteri''
*''Indigofera holubii''
*''Indigofera humifusa''
*''Indigofera ichangensis''
*''Indigofera incana''
*''Indigofera ingrata''
*''Indigofera inhambanensis''
*''Indigofera kirilowii''
*''Indigofera langebergensis''
*''Indigofera laxeracemosa''
*''Indigofera lespedezioides''
*''Indigofera leucotricha''
*''Indigofera lindheimeriana''
*''Indigofera linifolia''
*''Indigofera linnaei''
*''Indigofera litoralis''
*''Indigofera livingstoniana''
*''Indigofera longebarbata''
*''Indigofera longepedicellata''
*''Indigofera longeracemosa''
*''Indigofera lupatana''
*''Indigofera lyallii''
*''Indigofera macrophylla''
*''Indigofera maritima''
*''[[Indigofera marmorata]]''
*''Indigofera mauritanica''
*''Indigofera melanadenia''
*''Indigofera meyeriana''
*''Indigofera microcarpa''
*''Indigofera mimosoides''
*''Indigofera miniata''
*''Indigofera mischocarpa''
*''Indigofera mollicoma''
*''Indigofera monantha''
*''Indigofera montana''
*''Indigofera nebrowniana''
*''[[Indigofera nephrocarpoides]]''
*''Indigofera nigrescens''
*''Indigofera nigromontana''
*''Indigofera nummulariifolia''
*''Indigofera oblongifolia''
*''Indigofera omissa''
*''Indigofera ormocarpoides''
*''Indigofera ovata''
*''Indigofera oxalidea''
|
*''Indigofera oxytropis''
*''Indigofera oxytropoides''
*''Indigofera paniculata''
*''Indigofera parkesii''
*''Indigofera parodiana''
*''Indigofera pascuorum''
*''Indigofera pendula''
*''Indigofera pilosa''
*''Indigofera podophylla''
*''Indigofera poliotes''
*''Indigofera pongolana''
*''Indigofera porrecta''
*''Indigofera potaninii''
*''Indigofera pratensis''
*''Indigofera praticola''
*''Indigofera pretoriana''
*''Indigofera procumbens''
*''Indigofera prostrata''
*''Indigofera pseudotinctoria''
*''Indigofera psoraloides''
*''Indigofera pulchra''
*''Indigofera purpurea''
*''Indigofera rautanenii''
*''Indigofera reducta''
*''Indigofera rehmannii''
*''Indigofera reticulata''
*''Indigofera rhynchocarpa''
*''Indigofera rhytidocarpa''
*''Indigofera ripae''
*''Indigofera rostrata''
*''[[Indigofera rothii]]''
*''Indigofera sabulicola''
*''Indigofera sanguinea''
*''Indigofera saxicola''
*''Indigofera schimperi''
*''Indigofera schinzii''
*''Indigofera secundiflora''
*''Indigofera semitrijuga''
*''Indigofera senegalensis''
*''Indigofera sessiliflora''
*''Indigofera sessilifolia''
*''Indigofera setiflora''
*''Indigofera simplicifolia''
*''[[Indigofera sokotrana]]''
*''Indigofera sordida''
*''Indigofera sphaerocarpa''
*''Indigofera spicata''
*''Indigofera splendens''
*''Indigofera stachyoides''
*''Indigofera stenophylla''
*''Indigofera strobilifera''
*''Indigofera suaveolens''
*''Indigofera subcorymbosa''
*''Indigofera subulifera''
*''Indigofera suffruticosa''
*''Indigofera sulcata''
*''Indigofera swaziensis''
*''Indigofera tenuis''
*''Indigofera tenuissima''
*''[[Indigofera tinctoria]]''
*''Indigofera tomentosa''
*''Indigofera torulosa''
*''Indigofera trifoliata''
*''Indigofera tristis''
*''Indigofera tristoides''
*''Indigofera trita''
*''Indigofera velutina''
*''Indigofera vicioides''
*''Indigofera viscidissima''
*''Indigofera vohemarensis''
*''Indigofera volkensii''
*''Indigofera wildiana''
*''Indigofera williamsonii''
*''Indigofera woodii''
*''Indigofera zeyheri''
*''Indigofera zollingeriana''
|}
===Uses===
Several of them and especially ''[[Indigofera tinctoria]]'' and ''[[Indigofera suffruticosa]]'' are used to produce the [[dye]] [[Indigo dye|indigo]].
The chemical [[aniline]], from which many important dyes are derived, was first synthesized from ''I. suffruticosa'' ([[synonymy|syn.]] ''I. anil'', whence the name aniline).
Several species of this group are used to alleviate pain. The herbs are generally regarded as an [[analgesic]] with [[anti-inflammatory]] activity, rather than an [[anodyne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/a.html|title=Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary|accessdate=2007-06-16}}</ref> ''[[Indigofera articulata]]'' Gouan (arabic ''Khedaish'') was used for toothache, and ''[[Indigofera oblongifolia]]'' Forsskal (arabic "Hasr") was used as an antiinflammatory for insect stings, snakebites, and swellings. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/syllabus/module10.htm|title=(syllabus: Duke University)}}</ref>''[[Indigofera suffruticosa]]'' and ''[[Indigofera aspalthoides]]'' have also been used as antiinflammatories.<ref>see references 8-9 in {{cite web|url=http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/3/2/261|title=Antimicrobial Activity of Indigofera suffruticosa}}</ref> A patent was granted for use of [[Indigofera arrecta]] extract to relieve ulcer pain. <ref>{{patent|6083509|US}}</ref>
==References==
<references />
INDIGOFERA.COM natural hair care studio
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6030 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Indigofera'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=0&name_str=Indigofera&btnSearch=Search eFloras: search results for ''Indigofera'']
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Dyes]]
