Indigofera tinctoria | Ogbu

Scientific classification of Indigofera tinctoria


Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Indigofereae
Genus: Indigofera
Species: I. tinctoria



Botanical Name : Indigofera tinctoria
Common Name: Ogbu


Useful parts of Indigofera tinctoria : Stem leaves and twines

Medicinal uses : its Stem chewed to cure cough and decoction of Leaves used to cure chest pains .
The twine paste cures dislocation.

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