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Indigofera heterantha Brandis

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera heterantha Brandis [Preferred name]
    Indigofera gerardiana Baker {Synonym}
    Indigofera gerardiana var. heterantha (Brandis)Baker {Synonym}
    Indigofera heterantha var. gerardiana (Baker)Ali {Synonym}
    Indigofera himalayensis var. retusa S.N.Biswas {Synonym}
    Indigofera macrostachya Vent. {Synonym}
    Indigofera rubroviolacea Dunn {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [1914]; Bhutan (N) [1914, 1947]; China (N) [1914, 3417]; Xizang Zizhiqu [3417]; India (N) [1914, 3040, 3043, 3207, 3373]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3207]; Jammu-Kashmir [3207]; Meghalaya [3043]; Punjab [3207]; Sikkim [3207]; Uttar Pradesh [3207]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1938, 1947, 1952, 1961, 2080, 3207, 3417] ; Illustration [1938, 1952, 3207]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [3581] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect.Psiloceratiae (J.B.Gillett)Schrire [2298] ; Source(s): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1961, 2080]; Fibre [3207]; Food and Drink [3034]; Medicine [3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

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

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

1952.

  Rechinger, K.H., 1984
    In:Flora Iranica. Papilionaceae 2. N 157. Graz-Austria.

1961.

  Bean, W.J., 1970
    Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, Ed 8 Vols 1-4

2080.

  Webb, C.J. et al., 1988
    Flora of New Zealand Vol IV

2298.

  Schrire, B.D., 1993
    Personal Communication

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3034.

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

3040.

  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3043.

  Balakrishnan, N.P., 1981
    Flora of Jowai and vicinity Meghalaya Vol.1

3207.

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

3369.

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

3373.

  Kumar, S., 2000
    ..Leguminosae of Haryana. Indian J. Forest. Addit Ser. 11

3417.

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

3581.

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

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