Hairy indigo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Hairy indigo in English is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera astragalina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anila hirsuta (L.) Kuntze (among others).
2) Hairy indigo is also identified with Indigofera hirsuta It has the synonym Indigofera ferruginea Schum. & Thonn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Beskr. Guin. Pl. (1827)
· Flora Capensis (1862)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1789)
· Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. (Meyer) (1836)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1825)
· Taxon (1979)
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Partial matches: Indigo.
Ends with: Rough hairy indigo.
Full-text: Rough hairy indigo.
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