Indigofera longiracemosa Baill.

 
  • 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 longiracemosa Baill.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Neelayamari (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : River banks, wastelands and scrub forests
  • Comments / notes : Often cultivated as medicinal plant
  • Key identification features : Slender shrub with woody branches
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy
  • Collection Date : 19/11/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0141
  • Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Anantapur district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Namakkal district, Kanyakumari district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
  • World Distribution : India to Madagascar, Zanzibar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
    • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Indigofera longiracemosa. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

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