• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Indigofera trita
• Variety : trita
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Indigofera trita L.f.
• Vernacular name : Tore mentee (Kan.); Nakkanaru (Tel.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-382
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 13/12/14
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Deciduous forest
• Habit : Undershrub
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Comments : Occasional on plains up to 750 m, in wastelands and margins of forests.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Kanchipuram district, Dharmapuri district, Amirthi R.F. (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Nallamalai Hills (Prakasham district), East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Angul district, Nayagarh district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay Islands, Northern Australia
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Indigofera trita var. trita. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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