Botanical name : Indigofera tinctoria Linn.

Family : Fabaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Neelini

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Tikta

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Indian indigo

Hindi : Nil

Malayalam : Nilamari Amri.

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Densely branching shrub grows up to 2 meters in height. Leaves are compound with 6-14 leaflets. Leaves are green with bluish tint. Tender branches are also bluish green colored. Flowers many, small and nearly sessile in spicate receme inflorescence. Fruits are cylindric pods, 2-3 cm long, greenish grey when young and dark brown on ripening. Seeds are 10-15 per pods.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, hair fall, splenomegaly, epilepsy, nervine disorders, headache, cardiac ailments and in stray dog intoxication.

Useful part : whole plant.