- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Indigofera prostrata
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Indigofera prostrata Willd.
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-159
- Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh R. & K.R.K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 27/11/14
- Collection Locality : Sadasivakona Forest, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
- Endemism : Peninsular India
- Habitat : Deciduous forest
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Native : India
- Comments : Occasional on hills of up to 1400 m, in open wastelands, grasslands and dry deciduous forests.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Kanchipuram district, Salem Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Chittoor district, Errakonda R.F. (Ananthapur district), West Godavari district, Mangalagiri R.F. (Guntur district), Kadagundi R.F. (Visakhapatnam district), Sunkarimetta Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Kandhamal district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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 prostrata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.
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