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Indigofera coerulea var. coerulea Roxb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera coerulea var. coerulea Roxb. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera argentea var. brachycarpa Vatke {Synonym}
    Indigofera argentea var. coerulea (Roxb.)Baker {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Surat Indigo [3207, 3587]; Surmai [3207]; Surmai Nil [3207]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [347, 3207]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Bihar [3207]; Gujarat [3207]; Karnataka [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3207]; Maharashtra [3207]; Rajasthan [3207]; Sikkim [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3207]; Uttar Pradesh [3207]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Sri Lanka (U) [347]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3207]; Nicobar Is (N) [3207]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (U) [347]; Yemen (U) [347]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1938, 3009, 3207] ; Illustration [1938, 3207]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

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

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

347.

  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

1938.

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

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3030.

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

3207.

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

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.
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