- 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 IPNI) : Indigofera cordifolia Roth
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : On poor gravelly soil of foothills of scrub and deciduous forests.
- Key identification features : Prostrate silvery or grey pubescent herb in stony ground and black cotton soil
- Flower, Fruit : June-January
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Vellore district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Tirunelveli district, Salem district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- World Distribution : SE. Asia, Africa through middle-east to India, Indonesia, N. Australia
- 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
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Indigofera cordifolia. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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