• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Synonym(s) : Indigofera glandulosa Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Indigofera glandulosa Wendl.
• Vernacular name : Barbada (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Deciduous forests, scrub jungles and agricultural fields
• Comments / notes : In waste and fallow lands.
• Flower, Fruit : July-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 02/01/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-270
• Collection Locality : Mabbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Nellore district
  • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Coimbatore district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Indigofera glandulosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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