- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Indigofera zollingeriana
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Indigofera zollingeriana Miq.
- Key identification features : Tree. Branches horizontal and drooping. Leaves odd pinnate, leaflets lanceolate, obtuse at base, acute-acuminate at apex. Racemose, 15 cm long. Flower pinkish. Pods straight, cylindrical, brownish pubescent with persistent thickened stylar base. Seeds discoid, brown.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : September-October
- Comments : Cultivated and occasionally found in escape.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (India), Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Java, Laos, Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Moluccas, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands, Jamaica
- Literature : Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108.
- 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 zollingeriana. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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