Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

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Fabaceae / Papilionaceae
Indigofera linifolia (Linn.f.) Retz.
English name:
Local name: Punjabi-Torki.
Description:
A prostrate, annual herb, much branched and pubescent, found mostly in the
plains and lower hills. Leaves simple, linear, Inflorescence a sessile or shortly
peduncled raceme. Flowers bright red, pod (fruit) minute, rounded usually one
seeded.
Flowering Period:
July to October.
Habitat:
Common in open sandy areas, gravelly slopes and plains,
after monsoon rains.
Uses:
The plant is used in febrile eruption and in amenorrhoea.
Distribution:
Pakistan (Sindh, Punjab), Azad Kashmir, Bangladesh,
India,Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indo-China, Siam,
Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, China, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, and Sudan.