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Indigofera coerulea Roxb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera coerulea Roxb. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera articulata sensu Andrews, p.p. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Indigotier Sauvage [3057]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [2905]; Chad (N) [64]; Djibouti (N) [239]; Ethiopia (N) [347]; Kenya (N) [347]; Mali (N) [561]; Niger (N) [210]; Socotra (N) [347]; Somalia (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [210, 347]; Uganda (N) [210]
  Asia
India (N) [347, 3207]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Bihar [3207]; Gujarat [3207]; Karnataka [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3207]; Maharashtra [3207]; Rajasthan [3207]; Sikkim [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3207]; Uttar Pradesh [3207]; Iran (N) [1939]; Pakistan (N) [347, 1915, 1938]; Sri Lanka (N) [347]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3207]; Mauritius (I) [347, 1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [3207]; Rodrigues (N) [3057]
  Middle East
Oman (N) [1939]; Saudi Arabia (N) [347]; South Yemen (N) [347]; Yemen (N) [347]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 1915, 1938, 1947, 3057, 3207] ; Illustration [24, 1938]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [3057] [3581] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Indigofera [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [210]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

239.

  Bavazzano, R., 1972
    Webbia 26:267-364. Contrib. fl. Terr.Fr.degli Afar e d.Issa

347.

  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

561.

  Boudet, G. & Lebrun, J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2654.

  Schrire, B.D., 1994
    Cladistic...tribe Indigofer.Adv.Leg.Syst.Phylogeny7,R.Bot.Gs

2905.

  Schrire, B.D., 1996
    Specimens seen by Schrire in WAG.

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3207.

  Sanjappa, M., 1995
    In Hajra,PK et al.(eds). Fascicles of Fl.of Ind.21:123.Indig

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.
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