Bengal indigo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Bengal indigo in English is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera arrecta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. (among others).
2) Bengal indigo is also identified with Indigofera suffruticosa It has the synonym Anila tinctoria var. polyphylla (DC.) Nyman (etc.).
3) Bengal indigo is also identified with Indigofera tinctoria It has the synonym Indigofera tinctoria Mill., nom. illeg., non Indigofera tinctoria L. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Indigofera (1768)
· Bulletin de la Classe PhysicoMathématique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg (1857)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1984)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Annales du Mus. du Congo. Série 1, Botanique (1901)
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