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MORIKOEtE. 
Morin^a pteryg^osperma, Gaertn. Shekta (Surat). Roots, 
leaves, flowers and fruits eaten. Cooked in water and 
mixed with salt and chillies.^’ 
LEGUMIKOS^. 
Rothia trifoliata, Pers. (J. C, Lisboa.) Leaves and pods eaten. 
Crotalaria orixensis, Rottb, Lagad (Newasa, Ahmednagar) 
This plant bears pods which contain red seeds as large as, 
Bajri. It is used for bread. 
Iiuligofera lilts ifolia, Ret z. Barbada (Newasa, Ahmednagar). 
The plant is threshed and gives seeds like Italian millet 
{Rala), It is turned into flour for making bread. 
lutligofera cordifolia, Heyne. Godadi (Un iversally). Potre 
(Malegaon, Nasik). Seeds mixed with Bajri or Jowari 
grains and made into flour. The plant is removed and 
threshed. It yields a white seed like opium and it is 
used for making bread. It thrives on light murum soil and 
on lands lying fallow for a considerable time. It grows 
with grass at the commencement of the monsoon and is 
ripe in the month of November. It, also, is threshed like 
Vichka (Cyanotis axillaris) and bread is made of it. It 
has not a bad taste when it is mixed with Jowari^ other- 
wise, it is not palatable. When it is used without mixture 
of grain, such as Jowari or Bajriy the body of the eater 
swells and he is likely to succumb. When it is used after 
mixing with grain it does not produce any bad effect on 
one’s health. Like Vichka it has not the quality of keeping 
off hunger.” 
Indigofera glandulosa, Willd. Divali (Newasa, Ahmednagar). 
Ranmetha (Kopargaon, Ahmednagar). Borbada (Purandhar, 
Poona). Pahudi (Anklesvar, Broach). Jronju (Nawapur^ 
Khandesh). Barbada (Nandgaon, Nasik). ^ Peodi (Mandvi, 
Surat). Defri {WsigTdiy Broach). “ Plants when threshed 
give reddish seed like Italian millet. It is either boiled 
as rice or is used for making bread after converting it into 
flour,” 
Indigofera linifolia, is common on poor grass lands. The other 
species mentioned come up in thick beds along river banks 
and on low lying lands liable to be innundated during heavy 
showers in the rainy season. Towards the end of September 
