Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Indigofera L.

Indigofera linnaei Ali

This species is accepted, and its native range is Sudan, China (S. Sichuan, Yunnan) to Tropical Asia, Australia.

[ILDIS]

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Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Bin-avari, Bin-awari, Cheppunerenchi, Latahai

[ILDIS]
Use
Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Toxins

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Queensland, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Indigofera linnaei Ali appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5447], India Indigofera caespitosa K001120952 Yes
Jan 1, 1916 Gamble, J.S. [15278], India Indigofera enneaphylla K000848565 Yes
Jan 1, 1916 Gamble, J.S. [17150], Tamil Nadu Indigofera enneaphylla K000848566 Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.], Australia Indigofera enneaphylla K000217293 Yes
Bynoe [s.n.], Australia Indigofera enneaphylla K000217294 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120933 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120934 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120941 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120936 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120937 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120932 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120945 Yes
Mueller, F. von [s.n.], Australia Indigofera enneaphylla K000217296 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120944 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120938 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120942 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120931 Yes
leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia Indigofera enneaphylla K000217449 Yes
Wallich [5447], India Indigofera enneaphylla K000848567 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120940 Yes
Wallich [5444], India Indigofera enneaphylla K000848568 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120943 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120939 Yes
Mueller, F. von [s.n.], Australia Indigofera enneaphylla K000217295 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5444] Indigofera enneaphylla K001120935 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5466], Myanmar Indigofera debilis K001121018 Yes

First published in Bot. Not. 111: 549 (1958)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Prakash, L. & Balasubramanian, P. (2018). Invasive alien flora of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Southern Eastern Ghats, India Indian Forester 144: 857-862.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Turner, I.M., Xing, F. & Corlett, R.T. (2000). An annotated check-list of the vascular plants of the South China Sea and its shores The Raffles bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 8: 23-116.
  • 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
  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Sanjappa, M. (1995). In Hajra, PK et al. (eds). Fascicles of Fl. of Ind. 21:123. Indig
  • Senaratna, L. K. (2001). A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

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