(நீலி)அவுரி இலை பவுடர் Avuri illai / Indian Indigo Powder

Botanical Name    –  Indigofera tinctoria
English Name       –  True Indigo
Tamil Name          –  Neeli Avuri Podi | நீலி அவுரி பொடி
Malayalam Name  –  Nila orik | നീല ഓറിക്
Telugu Name        –  Neeli | నీలి
Hindi Name          –  Neela aurik | नीला औरिक

Indigofera tinctoria, also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye. Today most dye is synthetic, but natural dye from I. tinctoria is still available, marketed as natural coloring where it is known as tarum in Indonesia and Nila in Malaysia.