MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE



Sorting Indigofera names


Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :



 

Indigofera aspalathoides M. Vahl ex DC.

MALAYALAM :  Shivamalli-gida.

SANSKRIT :  Ajara, Ajara nili, Ajura, Ajura nili, Manaveli.

TAMIL :  Civanar vempu, Shivanar-vembu,  Sivanaarvaembu.

TELUGU :  Avari,  Avuri.


Indigofera argentea Burm. f.

SYNONYM(S) :   Indigofera burmannii Boiss

ARABIC :    Tagjao (Niger), Tajjaua (Niger), Tejao (Niger).
 

Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich.

SYNONYM(S) :   Indigofera cryptantha Benth. ex Harv., Indigofera umbonata Welw. ex Bak., Indigofera scopa De Wild. & T. Durand

BAMBARA :  Gala, Gara, Ngala.

ENGLISH :  Bengal indigo,  Java indigo, Natal indigo.

FRENCH :  Indigotier,  Indigotier chessé.

GERMAN :  Natalindigo.

HAUSA :  Aníyaà makoómiyaa, Baábán rini .

SPANISH :  Añil de Java.

YORUBA :  Elú-àjà ,   Sense.

OTHER(S) :  Boru,  Gara, Gara tiènd , Karo, Karoding, Karoméseng , Nona, Nónan,  Têta, Tinta  (all African names from Senegal).

 

Indigofera articulata Gouan

SYNONYM(S) :   Indigofera glauca Lam.,  Indigofera tinctoria Forssk., non L. 

SPANISH :  Indigofera glauca Lam., Añil de Senegal  (Cuba).

OTHER(S) :   Allan  (Somalia),  Ellam-habut  (Ethiopia),  Ellan  (Somalia).

 

 

Indigofera galegoides DC.

CHINESE :   假大青蓝   Jia da qing lan.

VIETNAMESE :   Chàm dại, Chàm quả nhọn, Xà chàm.


Indigofera spicata Forssk.

SYNONYM(S) :  Indigofera bolusii N.E.Br.,  Indigofera endecaphylla Jacq.,  Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq.,  Indigofera neglecta N.E.Br.,  Indigofera pusilla Lam.

ENGLISH :  Creeping indigo, Trailing indigo.

PORTUGUESE :   Amendoim-bravo  (Brazil).


Photograph by G. K. Linney at University of Hawaii.

Indigofera suffruticosa Mill.

SYNONYM(S) :  Anila tinctoria (L.) Kuntze var. vera Kuntze,   Indigofera anil L., Indigofera comezuelo Moç. & Sessé ex DC.,  Indigofera divariacta Jacq.,  Indigofera drepanocarpa Berg,  Indigofera guatimala Lunan,  Indigofera tinctoria Mill., non L., Indigofera uncinata G. Don

CHINESE :   野青树    Ye qing shu.

ENGLISH :    Anil,  Guatemalan indigo,  Small-leaved indigo (Sierra Leone), West Indian indigo, Wild indigo.

FRENCH :  Indigotier sauvage.

GERMAN :  Westindischer Indigo

HINDI  : Vilaiti nil.

MALAY :   Tarum (Indonesia).

PORTUGUESE :  Anil, Anil de pasto, Anil-dos-tintureiros, Anileiro  (Brazil), Cáa-abi,  Cáa-chica, Guajaná-timbé, Indigo.

SANSKRIT :  Awaiting feedback.

SPANISH    :  Añil, Añil cimarrón  (Antilles, Central America), Azul azulejo  (Antilles, Central America), Azul de hoja, Jiquelite  (Antilles, Central America), Platanito de tinto (Colombia).

TAMIL : Shimaiyaviri.

VIETNAMESE :   Chàm bụi.

 

Indigofera tinctoria L.

SYNONYM(S) :  Indigofera anil L. var. orthocarpa DC,  Indigofera argentea L., non Burm.f. , Indigofera. bergii Vatke,  Indigofera cinerascens DC,  Indigofera houer Forssk., , Indigofera indica Lam., Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn, .Indigofera ornithopodioides Schum., Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) Berg,

ARABIC :  El badara (Senegal), Nil.

BAMBARA :  Gala (Senegal), Gara (Senegal), Gara missé  (Mali), Ngala (Senegal).

BENGALI :  Nil.

CHINESE :   木蓝   Mu lan .

DANISH : Indigoplanten.

DUTCH :    Indigoboom, Indigogewassen.

ENGLISH :  Black henna,  Commercial indigo,  Common indigo, Dyer’s indigo,  East Asian indigo plant, Frank indigo, Indian indigo, Indian maddar, Indigo, True indigo.

FRENCH : Indigo des teinturiers, Indigotier.

GERMAN :   Indigo, Indigopflanze,  Indigostrauch.

GUJARATI :  Gali, Gari, Nil.

HAUSA :  Báábáá  (Niger, Nigeria), báábán kóóre, báábán rínii .

HINDI :  Neel, Neeli,   Niil (Nil).

ITALIAN : Anile.

JAPANESE :   ナンバンアイ  Nanbanai,   タイワンコマツナギ   Taiwan komatsuna gi.

MALAY :    Tarum, Tom.

PORTUGUESE :  Anileiro, Indigo, Indigoteiro, Indigueiro.

SANSKRIT :  Nilla, Nili, Nilika, Rangapatri.

SPANISH :  Añil, Añilera, Ruda cimarrona.

TAGALOG :   Malatayum.

MALAY :    Tarum, Tom.

TAMIL :   Avuri, Neela amari, Neela avari, Nila amari,  Nili.  

VIETNAMESE :   Chàm, Chàm đậu.

YORUBA :  Elú-àjà ,  Elú-weere ,   Sense.

OTHER(S) :  Boru, Cárrè ,  Garé, Karé , Karo, Nônan, Tinta (all African names from Senegal)


 


HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Indigofera Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database   (M.M.P.N.D)  - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Indigofera.html > (2005).

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Online

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary


Anderson Bill, 2005, Bello Marini*: Tie-dyeing in Indigo (mostly) < http://home.att.net/~bellomarini/dyeplants.html >. Many more African names on that site.

Research Officer, 2005, Azhiaru Forest Research Centre & Medicinal Farm. Medicinal Plants (seedlings & Seeds) for Sale. Tamil Nadu Forest Department.  < http://www.forests.tn.nic.in/docu/medicinalseedlings.pdf >.

USDA, ARS, 2005, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov2/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?indigofera (14 July 2005).





Contributors to this page (Personal communication) :  Awaiting feedback.


Note

For a complete list of Indigofera spp. see :
< http://www.naturalnet.com.br/generos/Indigofera.html > or < http://www.farmacianarede.com.br/GEN/Indigofera.htm >.


 


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