- 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 linifolia (L.f.) Retz.
- Common name : Narrowleaf Indigo
- Vernacular name :
- Torki, Ratnamala, Ratanjot (Hindi)
- Tandikhodebha (Sanskrit)
- Pandherphalli (Marathi)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in plains to 900m in pasturelands, fallow fields and in bare ground.
- Key identification features : Prostrate annual herb
- Flower, Fruit : September-January
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 13/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-379
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Nigidi forest, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Guntur district, Prakasam district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Krishna district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- West Bengal : Bankura, Hooghly, Malda, Midnapur, Murshidabad, Purulia
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- World Distribution : Africa, Himalayas, South and Southeast Asia, Malaysia, China, New Guinea, Australia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- 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 et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan 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 linifolia var. linifolia. 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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