- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz.

[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
- Vernacular
- Ratanjot, Ratnamala, Torki
Native to:
Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen
Introduced into:
New Caledonia, Réunion
- Anil linifolia (L.f.) Kuntze
- Anil linifolia var. lanceolata Kuntze
- Anil linifolia var. normalis Kuntze
- Hallia glauca Zipp. ex Span.
- Hedysarum linifolium L.f.
- Indigofera albicans Span.
- Indigofera albicans R.Br.
- Indigofera linifolia subsp. campbellii (Wight) Panigrahi & Murti
- Indigofera polygonoides J.C.Wendl.
- Indigofera roxburghii Tausch
- Sphaeridiophorum abyssinicum Jaub. & Spach
Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Schimper, W. [477], Ethiopia | K000392744 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Brown, R. [s.n.], Australia | K000217285 | No | |||
leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia | K000217290 | Yes | |||
Fraser [s.n.], Australia | K000217283 | No | |||
Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia | K000217286 | No | |||
Kostermans, A.J.G.H. [354], Indonesia | K000628375 | No | |||
Hartley, T.G. [9869], Papua New Guinea | K000628378 | No | |||
s.coll. [6510], New Caledonia | K000628380 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489], Myanmar | K001121081 | Yes | |||
Backer, C.A. [7536], Indonesia | K000628376 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] | K001121074 | Yes | |||
leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia | K000217289 | Yes | |||
Dilmy, A. [1041], Indonesia | K000628377 | No | |||
Backer, C.A. [20816], Indonesia | K000628374 | No | |||
Armstrong [s.n.], Australia | K000217291 | Yes | |||
Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia | K000217280 | Yes | |||
Mehra, K.L. [490], Indonesia | K000628372 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489], Myanmar | K001121079 | Yes | |||
Larsen, K. [8308], Thailand | K000628370 | No | |||
Mashotra, C.L. [42759], India | K000628367 | No | |||
Ayaz [s.n.], Pakistan | K000628365 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] | K001121083 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489], Myanmar | K001121078 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], India | K000628369 | No | |||
Mehra, K.L. [375], Timor-Leste | K000628373 | No | |||
Brown, R. [s.n.], Australia | K000217284 | No | |||
Cunningham, A. [248], Australia | K000217287 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] | K001121075 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] | K001121082 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489], India | K001121077 | Yes | |||
Grierson, A.J.C. [2424], Bhutan | K000628368 | No | |||
Mueller, F. von [s.n.], Australia | K000217292 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5489], Myanmar | K001121080 | Yes | |||
Kairo, A. [51658], Papua New Guinea | K000628379 | No | |||
Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Australia | K000217282 | No | |||
Henry, A. [6804], Taiwan | K000628364 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5489] | K001121076 | Yes |
First published in Observ. Bot. 4: 29 (1786)
Accepted by
- Adema, F. (2011). Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 15. Notes on Indigofera Blumea 56: 270-272.
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Balslav, H. & Chantaranothai, P. (2018). Flora of Thailand 4(3.1): 221-371. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
- Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
- Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Prakash, L. & Balasubramanian, P. (2018). Invasive alien flora of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Southern Eastern Ghats, India Indian Forester 144: 857-862.
- Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
- Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Rechinger, K.H. & al. (1984). Papilionaceae II Flora Iranica 157: 1-499. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Ambasta, S. P. (1986). The useful plants of India
- De Kort, I. & Thijsse, G. (1984). Blumea 30 (1) : 89-151. A rev. of Indigofera in S. E. Asia
- Gillett, J. B. (1958). Kew Bull. Addnl. ser. 1:1-166. Indigofera.. in Tropical Africa.
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- Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
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- Sanjappa, M. (1995). In Hajra, PK et al. (eds). Fascicles of Fl. of Ind. 21:123. Indig
- Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG
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