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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH057 : Indigofera glandulosa J.C. Wendl.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 137  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Indigofera L. - indigo
Species : Indigofera glandulosa J.C. Wendl.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  

 
Plant Common Name : Barbada K-Jhurju
 
Synonym : Psoralea leichardtii F.Muell.
Indigofera glandulosa Willd.


Description : Subshrubs; branchlets pubescent. Leaflets to 3.5 x 1.5 cm, oblanceolate, apex obtuse or emarginate, mucronate, base cuneate, membranous, pubescent, glandular beneath, laterals little smaller; petiole to 2 cm; petiolule 1 mm, stipules linear. Racemes axillary, to 1 cm long; flowers pink; bracts linear, ciliate; calyx 5-lobed, 1.5 mm, linear, pubescent; standard petal 3 x 1.5 mm, oblong-obovate; wings 2.5 x 1 mm; keel 3 x 1 mm, ciliate; staminal tube 2 mm, filaments to 1 mm, unequal; anthers apiculate; ovary 2 mm, subsessile, hirsute, style 2 mm.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :