• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Indigofera colutea
• Basionym : Galega colutea Burm.f.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Indigofera colutea (Burm.f.) Merr.
• Vernacular name : Antu kogge (Kan.); Naaikadugu (Tam.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0188
• Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
• Collection Date : 19/11/14
• Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Scrub Jungle
• Habit : Undershrub
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Comments : Occasional in plains to 900 m in dry deciduous forests.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Anantapur district, Nellore district, East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Gajapati district, Sambalpur district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; 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 colutea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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