- 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 pentaphylla Mur.; Indigofera fragrans Retz.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Indigofera glabra L.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Open and mixed deciduous forests, also in plains
- Key identification features : Small undershrub
- Flower, Fruit : August-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Prakasam district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Shivamogga district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Angul district, Puri district, Sambalpur district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Dharmapuri district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling, Midnapur
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Indigofera glabra. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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