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Indigofera glabra L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera glabra L. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera fragrans Retz. {Synonym}
    Indigofera pentaphylla Murray {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [1915, 1937, 3017, 3027, 3031, 3115, 3119, 3207, 3591]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Bihar [3031]; Goa [3207]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3207]; Kerala [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3115]; Orissa [3207]; Rajasthan [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3119]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 3206]; Sri Lanka (N) [1915, 1937, 1957, 3859]; Thailand (N) [2075]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1937, 1957, 3206, 3207] ; Illustration [2075, 3207]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial [3581] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Dissitiflorae Wight & Arn. [2665] ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [3034]; Medicine [3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

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

1915.

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

1937.

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

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2075.

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

2665.

  Wight & Arnott, 1834
    Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis.

3017.

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

3027.

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

3030.

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

3031.

  Haines, H.H., 1908
    The Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

3115.

  Karthikeyan, S. & Kumar, A., 1993
    Flora of Yavatmal District, Maharashtra

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

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

3581.

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

3591.

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

3859.

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