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Indigofera cordifolia Roth

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera cordifolia Roth [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gokhru [3207]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Cape Verde (N) [347]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [347]; Mali (N) [561]; Mauritania (N) [347]; Niger (N) [347]; Socotra (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [347]; East Timor (N) [2075]; India (N) [347, 3020, 3027, 3094, 3207, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3584]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Bihar [3371]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Diu [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3207]; Haryana [3207]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3207]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3207]; Indonesia (N) [347, 3004, 3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Pakistan (N) [347, 1938]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [2075]
  Indian Ocean
Laccadive Is (N) [3207, 3379]
  Middle East
Oman (N) [1939]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone: desert. [212];
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 1938, 2075, 3207, 3619, 3898] ; Illustration [1938, 3207, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Brachycarpae DC. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [347, 3030, 3034, 3035, 3207]; Forage [78, 3619]; Medicine [3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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64.

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212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

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.

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.

2075.

  De Kort, I.& Thijsse, G., 1984
    Blumea 30 (1): 89-151. A rev. of Indigofera in S.E. Asia

2654.

  Schrire, B.D., 1994
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  Ford, C.S., 1994
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3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
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3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
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3035.

  Kanjilal, P.C., 1966
    A forest ... Uttar Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

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  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

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

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  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3584.

  Sharma, B.M. & Kachroo, P., 1979
    Flora of Jammu & Plants of Neibourhood, Vol. 1.

3619.

  Bhandari, M.M., 1978
    Flora of the Indian desert. Jodhpur.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

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