Birdsville
indigo (Indigofera linnaei )
Family
name is “FABACEAE”. It is Spreading or prostrate woody herb, 15–50 cm high with
a long taproot. Leaves up to 3 cm long; leaflets alternate, mostly 7 or 9,
obovate, 8–15 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, apex mucronate; stipules lanceolate, c. 5
mm long with broad, scarious margins. Inflorescences dense, to 2 cm long. Calyx
covered with spreading, white hairs, teeth longer than the tube. Petals red.
Pods oblong, 3–7 mm long, pointed at apex, silky; seeds usually 2; endocarp not
spotted.
Asian
indigo(Indigofera trita )
Family name is
“FABACEAE”. It is Suffrutescent perennial, to about 1 m tall. Leaves pinnately
3-foliate; leaflets oblong to obovate, 5 – 10 (- 26) X 1.5 – 10 ( - 20) mm,
obtuse or emarginated, glabrous to subglabrous above, appressed-pubescent
beneath. Inflorescence axillary, spicate-racemose, subsessile, flowers salmon
or brick-red. Fruit linear, straight, spiniform at the apex, 6 – 10 seeded.
Water morning glory (Ipomoea
aquatic)
This is eating much Countries specially Chinese. And this is use for some
treatments (Delirium , Fever ,
Ring worm infestation , Diabetes mellitus
).It’s
Family name is “CONVOLVULACEAE”.This is
the stem hollow, rooting at the nodes when floating or procumbent, glabrate.
Leaves mostly hastate, 4-12 cm long, apically acute or obtuse, glabrascent.
Inflorescences of solitary flowers or in few flowered cymes, glabrous. Flowers
with pedicels 2-7 cm long; corolla purple or rarely white, 4-5 cm long, funnel
form. Fruit capsular, or ovoid to globose, 8-10 mm long.
sweet potato (Ipomoea
batatas )
This is a very famous
Vegetable like Potatoes. Usually All countries
specially Asian countries eat this. And this is use for treatments(Cancer , Atherosclerosis,
Asthma, Miscarraige, Nausea, Diarrhoea).
It’ s Family name is “CONVOLVULACEAE”.It is the stem usually
somewhat succulent but sometimes slender and herbaceous; perennial, glabrous or
pubescent. Leaves variable, from cordate, ovte, 5-10ncm long, glabrous or
pubescent. Inflorescences of solitary flowers or in few flowered cymes,
glabrous. Flowers absent in some varieties, if present on pedicels 3-12 m long;
corolla with a lavender to purple-lavender, 4-7 cm long. Fruit rarely formed,
ovoid, glabrous.
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