Names of Plants in India: Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz.

in-dee-GO-fer-uh -- bearing indigo ... Dave's Botanary
lin-ih-FOH-lee-uh -- flax- or linum-like leaves ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: narrowleaf indigo • Assamese: নীল গছ neel gosh • Bengali: ভাঙড়া bhangra, মোতিহারি motihari • Dogri: रानी नील rani neel • Gujarati: ઝીણકી ગળી jhinaki gali, નાની ગળી nani gali • Hindi: भंगरा bhangra, भुरभुरा bhurbhura, पाण्डरफली pandarphali, रतनजोत ratanjot, रत्नमाला ratnamala, तोर्की torki • Kachchhi: સનીગરી sanigari • Kannada: ಗಂಜಿಕಸ ganjikasa • Konkani: तोर्की torki • Marathi: बरबाडा barbada, लाल गोधडी lal godhadi, पांढरफळी pandharphali, तोर्की torki • Odia: ଭାଙ୍ଗରା ଲଟା bhangra lota • Punjabi: ਤੋਰਕੀ torki • Rajasthani: लांबीयौ बेकरियौ lambio bekario • Santali: ᱴᱟᱸᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱰᱮ tandi khode • Tamil: குறுகிய-இலை நீலி kurukiya-ilai nili • Telugu: సన్నని ఆకు నీలి sannani-aku neeli

botanical names: Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz. ... homotypic synonyms: Anil linifolia (L.f.) Kuntze • Hedysarum linifolium L.f. ... and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

narrowleaf indigo

Flowers of India

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

নীল গছ neel gosh

Many thanks to Farmer Tridip Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ভাঙড়া bhangra

Many thanks to Bubai Bera for help with this name ... efloraofindia
Dr K M Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica Volume One

মোতিহারি motihari

Many thanks to Bubai Bera for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... or মোতাহারি motahari

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

रानी नील rani neel

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ઝીણકી ગળી jhinaki gali, નાની ગળી nani gali

વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

भंगरा bhangra

Dr K M Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica Volume One

भुरभुरा bhurbhura, पाण्डरफली pandarphali

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

रतनजोत ratanjot, रत्नमाला ratnamala

ILDIS World Database of Legumes version 10.38

तोर्की torki

Dr K M Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica Volume One
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
Dr. Lekhram Kurmi - Survey of herbal medicine flora in Eastern Madhya Pradesh with Special Reference to Fabaceae family - TIJER - International Research Journal, Vol.10, Issue 2, page no.164-168, February-2023
ILDIS World Database of Legumes version 10.38

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

સનીગરી sanigari

PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಗಂಜಿಕಸ ganjikasa

A Kannada-English school dictionary by J Bucher, F Kittel
Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

तोर्की torki

Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

बरबाडा barbada, तोर्की torki

The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

लाल गोधडी lal godhadi

name coined by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

पांढरफळी pandharphali

वनश्रीसृष्टी खंड १ - डॉ मल्हार विनायक आपटे - महाराष्ट्र राज्य साहित्य आणि संस्कृती मंडळ

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ଭାଙ୍ଗରା ଲଟା bhangra lota

Kumar, Sanjeet & Supriya Devi, Rajkumari. (2020). Report on Floral Diversity of SAMBHAV, Nayagarh, Odisha, India. 10.13140/RG.2.2.21260.54402.

~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~

ਤੋਰਕੀ torki

The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

लांबीयौ बेकरियौ lambio bekario

Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi - Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India - The Biobrio 4(1 & 2), 2017
Charan, P. & Sharma, K. (2016). FLORAL DIVERSITY OF THAR DESERT OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
or बेकरी bekari ... Rajasthan Government - Forest Department

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱴᱟᱸᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱰᱮ tandi khode

Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

குறுகிய-இலை நீலி kurukiya-ilai nili

name coined, for want of name; குறுகிய-இலை kurukiya-ilai = narrow leaf; நீலி nili = a generic name for indigo plants

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

సన్నని-ఆకు నీలి sannani-aku neeli

name coined, for want of name; సన్నని-ఆకు sannani-aku = thin or slender leaf; నీలి neeli = a generic name for indigo plants

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in states of India ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, *Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ... up to 1500 m.