Native Indigo (Indigofera)

About Native Indigo (Indigofera)

Native Indigo (Indigofera) (Indigofera australis) is a herb used in the Aboriginal Australian Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Wound Healing, Skin Health, and Infection. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.

Botanical background

Indigofera australis, known as Australian Indigo, is an attractive species of leguminous shrub in the genus Indigofera (Fabaceae family). The genus name "Indigofera" is Neo-Latin for "bearing Indigo" (Indigo is a purple dye originally obtained from some Indigofera species), while "australis" from the Latin, means "southern", referring to the geographical distribution of the species.

Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist

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