Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Indigofera L.

Indigofera suffruticosa Mill.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2700 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Subarbusto
Conservation
Preocupación Menor

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
anilina, añil, añil silvestre, añilina, curí, guarrás, planta de guineíto, platanito, raíz colorada

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Aika, Akouveli, Anil, Anil De Piedra, Anil Indigo, Azul, Azul De Hoja, Azulejo, Bengal Indigo, Ceylon Indigo, Digo, Digo Sauvage, Engilavy, Engitra, Guatemala Indigo, Hengitra, Hojas Azules, Indigo, Indigo Plant, Indigo Sauvage, Indigotier, Indigotier Sau

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 0 - 2700 m.
Conservation
Least concern.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Morphology General Habit
Subshrub.
Vernacular
Wara atsu.

[FWTA]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A branched undershrub up to 6 ft. high
Note
Formerly much cultivated, probably not indigenous.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Quindío, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vichada.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Habit
Subshrub.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Añil, Añil indigo, Curí, Wara atsu

[ILDIS]
Use
Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Toxins, Weed

[UPB]
Use Materials
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Tannins/Dyestuffs
Used as a colorant (Tapasco et al. 2015).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).

[UPFC]
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Cook Is., Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Spanish
Añil, añil indigo, curí.

Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 25, 2014 Valenzuela, L. [12676], Peru K000966932 No
Apr 10, 2012 Suclli, E. [3106], Peru K000813328 No
Apr 17, 2007 Melo, Y. [154], Brazil K000921207 Yes
Mar 17, 2007 Paciornik, E.F. [160], Brazil K000921214 Yes
May 1, 2003 Bahia K000188211 Yes
May 1, 2003 Moricand, M.E. [s.n.], Bahia K000188209 Yes
May 1, 2003 Gardner, G. [5434], Paraíba K000188208 Yes
Jan 1, 2002 Arbo, M.M. [7290], Bahia K000188229 No
Aug 1, 2001 Groppo, M. Jr. [572], Brazil K000921210 Yes
Feb 1, 1999 Folli, D.A. [2859], Brazil K000921215 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Amorim, A.M. [2560], Bahia K000188233 No
Jan 1, 1997 Silva, G.P. [2467], Rio Grande do Norte K000188227 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Arbo, M.M. [7290], Bahia K000188228 No
Oct 1, 1995 Menezes, E. [44], Pernambuco K000188220 No
Oct 1, 1995 Menezes, E. [43], Pernambuco K000188223 No
Oct 1, 1995 Tschá, M.C. [118], Pernambuco K000188224 No
Oct 1, 1995 Menezes, E. [64], Pernambuco K000188222 No
Oct 1, 1995 Oliveira, M. [27], Pernambuco K000188221 No
Jun 1, 1995 Tschá, M.C. [68], Pernambuco K000188219 No
May 1, 1995 Carvalho, A.M. [3809], Bahia K000188237 No
Jan 1, 1994 Dutra, E.A. [18], Bahia K000188232 No
Jul 1, 1992 Gardner, G. [974], Pernambuco K000188210 Yes
Oct 1, 1990 Noblick, L.R. [4344], Bahia K000188231 No
Jun 8, 1988 s.coll. [s.n.] K000921169 Yes
Nov 3, 1986 Coradin, L. [5691], Brazil K000921216 Yes
Nov 1, 1986 Coradin, L. [6587], Bahia K000188225 No
Nov 1, 1986 Coradin, L. [5959], Pernambuco K000188226 No
Mar 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P. [750], Bahia K000188213 No
Mar 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P. [789], Bahia K000188217 No
Jan 1, 1983 Hage, J.L. [765], Bahia K000188238 No
Jan 1, 1983 Hage, J.L. [725], Bahia K000188234 No
Jan 1, 1976 Lasseign, A. [21176], Brazil K000921211 Yes
Nov 1, 1974 Harley, R.M. [16937], Bahia K000188215 No
Jan 1, 1962 Eiten, G. [2743], Brazil K000921166 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Eiten, G. [1991], Brazil K000921168 Yes
Harley, R.M. [16911], Bahia K000188216 No
Harley, R.M. [18059], Bahia K000188218 No
Mori, S.A. [11726], Bahia K000188235 No
Hinton, G.B. [11055], Mexico K000119422 No
Hinton, G.B. [1178], Mexico K000119423 No
Hinton, G.B. [12236], Mexico K000119425 No
Hinton, G.B. [10193], Mexico K000119426 No
Rico, L. [1418], Bolivia K000295408 Yes
Spruce, R. [6026], Ecuador K000200947 Yes
Philcox, D. [4474], Brazil K000921171 Yes
Gardner [6003], Brazil K000921173 Yes
Usteri, A. [43], Brazil K000921180 Yes
Gardner [5434], Brazil K000921199 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [127], Brazil K000921205 Yes
Guilhemin [s.n.], Brazil K000921200 Yes
Trinta, Z.A. [723], Brazil K000921198 Yes
Smith, L.B. [2117], Brazil K000921192 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] K000921188 Yes
Coulter [s.n.], Mexico K000921181 Yes
Baker, C.F. [9491], Brazil K000921193 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000921187 Yes
Fox [282], Brazil K000921179 Yes
Eiten, G. [7851], Brazil K000921212 Yes
Luschnath [811], Brazil K000921189 Yes
s.coll. [953], Colombia K000921195 Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [127], Brazil K000921201 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [35700], Brazil K000921209 Yes
Fraser [s.n.] K000921167 Yes
Dusén, P. [6648], Brazil K000921194 Yes
Spruce, R. [260], Brazil K000921186 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], Brazil K000921213 Yes
Harley, R.M. [17274], Bahia K000188214 No
Gardner [6003], Brazil K000921197 Yes
Trinta, Z.A. [515], Brazil K000921178 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [5211], Brazil K000921174 Yes
Eiten, G. [5943], Brazil K000921196 Yes
Glaziou [3721], Brazil K000921176 Yes
Ule, E. [8857], Brazil K000921170 Yes
s.coll. [44], Brazil K000921191 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.], Brazil K000921184 Yes
Traill, J.WH. [127a], Brazil K000921204 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil K000921190 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4522], Brazil K000921202 Yes
Patino, V.M. [031-01], Brazil K000921208 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [2447], Bahia K000188236 No
Spruce, R. [6026], Ecuador K000200948 Yes
Prance, G.T. [59598], Brazil K000921206 Yes
Glaziou [3821], Brazil K000921175 Yes
Usteri, P.A. [89b], Brazil K000921177 Yes
Guillemin [425], Brazil K000921203 Yes
Rico, L. [1169], Bolivia K000295011 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.], Brazil K000921185 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Bahia K000188212 Yes
Pedra Cavalo, G. [17], Bahia K000188230 No
Fróes, R.L. [1883], Brazil K000921165 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [5452], Mexico K000119424 No
Mertens [799], Brazil K000921183 Yes
Hooker [1835], Brazil K000921182 Yes

First published in Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768)

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