Herbarium JCB

Indigofera mysorensis Rottler ex DC.

Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Indigofera mysorensis DC.
Common name : Mysore panicled Indigo
Vernacular name : Kempu gogge (Kannada)
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : In the crevices of rocks in scrub forests, also on exposed rocky slopes
Key identification features : Glutinous undershrub in the crevices of rocks
Flower, Fruit : September-January
Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh R & Raja K.Swamy
Collection Date : 19-11-2014; 27-11-2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0140; HJCB-E-168
Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district (AP); Sadasivakona Forest, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkaballapur district, Kolar district, Mandya district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, The Nilgiri district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district
Native : India
Endemism : Peninsular India
World Distribution : India
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
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 mysorensis. Downloaded on 8 February 2025.