Cultivated
Shrubby herb ; up to 1 . 7 m tall . Stems erect , strigulose . Leaves with 9-13 leaflets , opposite , elliptic-oblong , up to 18 x 9 mm , strigulose beneath , glabrous or strigulose above . Inflorescences subsessile , borne in racemes , up to 5 cm long . Flowers red ; calyx ± 1 . 2 mm long with triangular lobes about as long as the tube , white strigulose ; corolla standard white strigulose outside ; stamens 4–5 mm long ; anthers heart-shaped ; ovary hairless . Fruit up to 35 x 2 mm , straight or sometimes up to 35 x 2 mm , straight or sometimes ± curved , deflexed , strigulose , 8–12-seeded . Seeds ± 1 . 5 mm , cubic . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
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Not Threatened (NT) - Globoal Assessment
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Anil tinctoria (L.) Kuntze
Anil tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze
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Nil
True Indigo
Indian Indigo
Indigo
Dye Indigo
Powdered paste of Nil is used to stop the bleeding from fresh wounds. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "Nil has been cultivated in Northern and Southern Oman since a long time as a dye plant, it can be found as an escape near habitation. The practice of dyeing with nil is largely discontinued, although in Dhofar during certain festivals such as Eid (celebration after the month of fasting) Dhofari men dress in the traditional indigo blue cloth for traditional celebration ceremonies (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2). The fabric used by oman's indigo dyers includes both locally grown and woven cotton". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2).
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5.
