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Indigofera suffruticosa Mill.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. [Preferred name]
    Anila tinctoria var. polyphylla (DC.)Nyman, p.p. {Synonym}
    Anila tinctoria var. vera Kuntze {Synonym}
    Indigofera angolensis D.Dietr. {Synonym}
    Indigofera anil L. {Synonym}
    Indigofera anil var. drepanocarpa O.Berg {Synonym}
    Indigofera anil var. oligosperma Miq. {Synonym}
    Indigofera anil var. polyphylla (DC.)Nyman, p.p. {Synonym}
    Indigofera argentea sensu Baker {Misapplied}
    Indigofera articulata sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Indigofera comezuelo DC. {Synonym}
    Indigofera divaricata Jacq. {Synonym}
    Indigofera drepanocarpa Bergman {Synonym}
    Indigofera guatimala Lunan {Synonym}
    Indigofera houer auct. non Forssk. {Misapplied}
    Indigofera micrantha Desv. {Synonym}
    Indigofera oligophylla Lam. {Synonym}
    Indigofera suffruticosa var. uncinata Berhaut {Synonym}
    Indigofera tinctoria Mill. {Synonym}
    Indigofera tinctoria var. anil (L.)Kurz {Synonym}
    Indigofera tinctoria var. brachycarpa DC. {Synonym}
    Indigofera tinctoria var. macrocarpa DC. {Synonym}
    Indigofera uncinata G.Don {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aika [3402]; Akouveli [2265]; Anil [1645]; Anil De Piedra [1645]; Anil Indigo [1914]; Azul [2157]; Azul De Hoja [2157]; Azulejo [2157]; Bengal Indigo [3606]; Ceylon Indigo [1945, 3035]; Digo [2157]; Digo Sauvage [2157]; Engilavy [3402]; Engitra [3402]; Guatemala Indigo [1056]; Hengitra [3402]; Hojas Azules [2157]; Indigo [453, 1056, 1902, 1915, 1941, 2153, 2157]; Indigo Plant [2264]; Indigo Sauvage [1941]; Indigotier [1915]; Indigotier Sauvage [1915]; Ingetsea [3402]; Jiquelite [1645]; Lendigo [3058]; Madras Indigo [1945, 3035]; Markham Gungo [1056]; Netrihazo [3402]; Nil [3207]; Nil-awari [1957]; Nilam [4751]; Platanito [1645]; Platanito De Tinto [1645]; Sacatinta [1645]; Tinaco [1645]; Tinto [1645]; Vilaiti-Nil [3207]; West Indian Indigo [3859]; Wild Indigo [453, 1056, 1945, 2153, 3035]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (U) [347]; Cape Verde (U) [347]; Gabon (U) [347]; Gambia The (U) [347]; Ivory Coast (U) [347]; Liberia (N) [347]; Nigeria (U) [347]; Sao Tome & Principe (U) [347]; Senegal (U) [347]; Sierra Leone (N) [347]; Zaire (U) [347]; Zimbabwe (U) [347]
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3366]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (I) [1937, 3417]; Fujian [3417]; Guangdong [3417]; Guangxi [3417]; Jiangsu [3417]; Yunnan [3417]; Zhejiang [3417]; India (I) [347, 1914, 1937, 3207]; Assam [3207]; Bihar [3207]; Manipur [3207]; Mizoram [3207]; West Bengal [3207]; Indonesia (N) [261, 1937, 2075, 3206, 3898, 3967]; Irian Jaya (I) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1937]; Malaysia (N) [2075]; Myanmar (I) [3206]; Philippines (N) [1937, 2075, 3206]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957, 3859]; Sumatera (N) [3967]; Taiwan (I) [1929, 1937, 3417]; Thailand (N) [1937]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; New Caledonia (U) [2265]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Bahamas (N) [2153]; Cayman Is (N) [453, 1056]; Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Haiti (N) [2157]; Jamaica (N) [347, 1056]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1658]; El Salvador (N) [1645, 2156]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1645]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117]; Nicaragua (N) [1130, 3348]; Panama (N) [1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [1914, 3207]; Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (I) [1914, 3207]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (U) [1243, 1409, 1431, 1460, 1597, 1645, 1680, 1714, 3157]; Florida [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Hawaii (I) [1949]; Marquesas (I) [2265]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Society Is (I) [2265, 2968]; Tonga (I) [2265]; Vanuatu (I) [2265]; Western Samoa (I) [2265]
  South America
Argentina (U) [1130, 1243, 1508, 1597]; Bolivia (U) [1130, 1243, 1289, 1597]; Brazil (U) [1130, 1414]; Chile (U) [1444]; Colombia (U) [1292]; French Guiana (U) [1408]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Paraguay (U) [1130]; Peru (U) [1442]; Surinam (N) [2285]; Uruguay (U) [1130]; Venezuela (N) [1661]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [29, 236, 261, 453, 1056, 1915, 1919, 1929, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1957, 2075, 2153, 2157, 2658, 2661, 3206, 3207, 3348, 3402, 3417, 3898] ; Illustration [261, 1661, 1915, 1919, 1929, 1939, 2075, 2153, 2661, 3207, 3417]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names, 2005-10 von Raab-Straube E - Ed.scr.German Names ; Habit: Herb [1941] [3402], Shrub [261] [1915] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Indigofera [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1999-05 Heald J, 2003-11 (Ma

  
USES:
  Chemical products [347, 2075, 3963]; Domestic [3402]; Environmental [347, 2075]; Medicine [2075, 3030, 3402]; Miscellaneous [3207]; Toxins [2075]; Weed [2968, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  Mistake to say species occurs in Namibia. [2298]
  Often cultivated as a dye plant. [2075]
  Subsp. guatemalensis is a native of tropical America, cultivated in Java, [2075]
  but not naturalised. [2075]
  Native of tropical America; now widely naturalised in Africa and Asia. [261]
  Indigofera argentea Sensu Auct.: Misapplied [05/07/93 09:58] [1915]
  Native to Tropical America. [1915]

  
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