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Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz.

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GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera linifolia (L.f.)Retz. [Preferred name]
    Hedysarum linifolium L.f. {Synonym}
    Indigofera albicans Span. {Synonym}
    Indigofera linifolia var. campbellii Baker {Synonym}
    Indigofera polygonoides Wendl. {Synonym}
    Indigofera roxburghii Tausch {Synonym}
    Sphaeridiophorum abyssinicum Jaub. & Spach {Synonym}
    Sphaeridiophorum linifolium (L.f.)Desv. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ratanjot [3207]; Ratnamala [3207]; Torki [3207]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [347]; Bangladesh (N) [347, 1938]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [347, 1937, 3417]; Sichuan [3417]; Yunnan [3417]; East Timor (U) [2075]; India (N) [347, 1937, 3017, 3027, 3094, 3101, 3119, 3140, 3144, 3207, 3366, 3372, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3584]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Arunachal Pradesh [3207]; Assam [3207]; Bihar [3207]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Diu [3094]; Goa [3207]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3207]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3101]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [347, 1937, 2075, 3206, 3898]; Bali [2075]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2075]; Malaysia (U) [3963]; Moluccas (N) [2075]; Myanmar (N) [1937, 3206]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [347, 1938]; Philippines (N) [1979, 3206]; Sri Lanka (N) [1937, 1957, 3859]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 1937, 3417]; Thailand (N) [347, 1937]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [347, 1880, 1915]; New Caledonia (U) [2265]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Reunion (I) [1915]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 261, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1957, 2075, 3206, 3207, 3417, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2075] ; Illustration [24, 261, 1915, 1919, 1929, 1938, 2075, 3207, 3386, 3417]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1915], Perennial [1915] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Brachypodae DC. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova M

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [347, 2075, 3034, 3207]; Forage [347]; Medicine [2075, 3030, 3034]; Toxins [347, 2075]; Weed [2265]

  
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1880.

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1914.

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1937.

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