Herbarium JCB

Indigofera linnaei Ali

Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species : Indigofera linnaei
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Indigofera linnaei Ali
Common name : Birdsville Indigo
Vernacular name : Latahai (Hin.); Kannegilu (Kan.); Seppu nerinji, Seppunerinchi (Tam.); Yerrapalleru, Chalapacchi, Cheragaddam (Tel.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-374
Collector(s) Name : Malathi K.Rao
Collection Date : January, 2016
Collection Locality : Horsley Hills, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
Key identification features : A trailing and profusely branching, grey and pubescent herb. Leaves are pinntely compound with 7-9 leaflets. Flowers are clustered, in small racemes, pretty and appear like small butterflies. Fruit is a small pod, thinly-hairy, sub-ovoid and 2-seeded.
Habit : Herb
Flower, Fruit : July-January
Comments : Occasional, in the form of mats along ghat roads and foot hills of scrub and deciduous forests.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Siam, Indo-China, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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 linnaei. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.