Indigofera tinctoria Common Name (s): Articulata False Indigo Articulata Indigo Humeira Indigo Scarlet Pea True Indigo Phonetic Spelling in-di-GAH-feh-rah tink-TOR-ee-ah Description True indigo is a perennial shrub in the bean family (Fabaceae) native to Africa, Asia, Mexico and South America.. As the source of a vibrant blue dye, indigo plants were highly prized across the world for thousands of years. Also known as true indigo, Indigofera tinctoria was one of the main sources of the blue harvest, along with closely related species I. suffruticosa and I. arrecta. First domesticated in the Indian subcontinent, indigo later became a cash crop grown by colonial Europeans in warmer.
Indigofera es un gran género de cerca de 700 especies de fanerógamas en la familia de las leguminosas. Se hallan en regiones tropical y subtropical del mundo, y pocas especies en zonas templadas de este de Asia.
Son mayormente arbustos, aunque hay herbáceas, y pocas son pequeños árboles de 5-6 m de altura; muchos son caducifolios de estación seca o invierno. Hojas pinnadas 5-31 foliolos, presente el foliolo terminal; miden de 3-25 cm de largo. Flores pequeñas, en racimos de 2-15 cm de largo.
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Varias de ellas reciben el nombre común de añil y se usan para producir el tinte colorante índigo; especialmente Indigofera tinctoria y Indigofera suffruticosa .
El químico anilina, de donde derivan muchos e importantes tintes, fue primero sintetizado de I. suffruticosa (sin. I. anil, de donde surge el nombre anilina).
Varias especies de este grupo se usan para aliviar dolor. Las hierbas se reconocen generalmente como analgésico y actividad antiinflamatorio, más que una anodina. Indigofera articulata gouan (árabe Khedaish) se usaba para dolores de dientes; Indigofera oblongifolia Forsskal (árabe “Hasr”) como antiinflamatorio de picaduras de insectos, de víboras y heridas.Indigofera suffruticosa y Indigofera aspalthoides son antiinflamatorias. Una patente se obtuvo para el uso del extracto de Indigofera arrecta para aliviar dolores de úlcera.
Referencias
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Indigofera
- eFloras: search results for Indigofera
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Noteworthy Characteristics Indigofera tinctoria, commonly called true indigo, is a deciduous spreading tropical shrub or subshrub of the pea family that typically grows to 2-3′ tall and as wide. As suggested by the common name, this shrub was the original source of the blue dye known as indigo.. Indigofera tinctoria[2], also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye.