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Indigofera cassioides DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera cassioides DC. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera arborea Roxb. {Synonym}
    Indigofera byansghatensis S.N.Biswas {Synonym}
    Indigofera cassoides DC. {Orthographic variant}
    Indigofera elliptica Roxb. {Synonym}
    Indigofera gibsonii Graham {Synonym}
    Indigofera leptostachya DC. {Synonym}
    Indigofera pulchella Roxb. {Synonym}
    Indigofera pulchella var. purpurascens (Roxb.)Haines {Synonym}
    Indigofera purpurascens Roxb. {Synonym}
    Indigofera violacea Roxb. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Girghol [3207]; Hakna [3207]; Kathi [3207]; Kathu [3207]; Sakena [3207]; Sakina [3207]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [8]
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (N) [1914, 1937, 3417]; Guangxi [3417]; Yunnan [3417]; India (N) [1914, 1937, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3092, 3094, 3116, 3140, 3207, 3366, 3374, 3376, 3377, 3584, 3591, 3661]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Arunachal Pradesh [3207]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3207]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3207]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3374]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3116]; Manipur [3207]; Meghalaya [3207]; Mizoram [3207]; Nagaland [3207]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3207]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3661]; West Bengal [3207]; Laos (N) [1937]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1937, 3206]; Nepal (N) [1914, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1937, 1938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1914, 3859]; Thailand (N) [1914, 1937]; Vietnam (N) [1937]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [8];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1937, 1938, 3206, 3207, 3417] ; Illustration [2075, 3207, 3386, 3417]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [2075, 3030]; Forage [3030]; Medicine [2075, 3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1937.

  Thuan, N. et al., 1987
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

1938.

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

1947.

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

2075.

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

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3020.

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

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3092.

  Deb, D.B., 1981
    The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1

3094.

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

3116.

  Kothari, M.J. & Moorthy, S., 1993
    Flora of Raigad District, Maharashtra State

3140.

  Chowdhery, H.J. & Wadhwa, B.M., 1984
    Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.1

3206.

  Sanjappa, M, 1985
    Reinwardtia 10:211-244. The genus Indigofera L. in Burma

3207.

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

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3374.

  Manilal, K.S. & Siverajan, V.V., 1982
    Flora of Calicut

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3386.

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

3417.

  Fang, Y.Y. & Zheng, C.Z., 1994
    Indigofera &... In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 40 (Leguminosae 2)

3584.

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

3591.

  Roy, G.P. et al., 1992
    Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Chhatarpur & Damoh). New Delhi.

3661.

  Samaddar, U.P. & Roy, B., 1997
    Additional elements in Indian flora, Vol.1. Calcutta.

3859.

  Sanjappa, M., 1987
    J.Econ.Taxon.Bot. 10:329-346. The Indigoferas of Sri Lanka.
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