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ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
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| Name: |
Indigofera tinctoria L.
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| Rank: |
Species |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED
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| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Regnum - Plantae
Divisio - Tracheophyta
Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
Class - Magnoliopsida
Superordo - Rosanae
Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
Tribus - Indigofereae
Genus - Indigofera L.
Sectio - Indigofera sect. Indigofera
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Synonyms:
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Indigofera bergii Vatke |
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Indigofera cinerascens DC. |
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Indigofera houer Forssk. |
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Indigofera indica Lam. |
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Indigofera oligophylla Baker |
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Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) O. Berg & C. F. Schmidt |
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Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn. |
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Indigofera tinctoria Blanco |
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Indigofera tulearensis Drake |
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Anila tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze |
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Indigofera anil var. orthocarpa DC. |
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Indigofera tinctoria var. brachycarpa DC. |
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Indigofera tinctoria var. macrocarpa DC. |
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Indigofera tinctoria var. torulosa Baker f. |
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| Comments: |
(Wall.)Baker (Krym, Caucasian Black Sea coast), I. potanini (Caucasian Black, F.Pilipenko also indicates I. kirilowii Maxim. (Tashkent), I. gerardiana, Introduced to America and elsewhere for indigo., its dye, but is now naturalised., Native to Africa and India., No recent collections from Reunion and Rodrigues., Pantropical distribution., Probably introduced to the Maldives originally with a view to cultivation for, Probably introduced to the Maldives, for it's dye, but now naturalised., Sea coast) as species under experimental cultivating, Type species of genus. |
| Common names: |
Anil (), Anileiro (Portuguese), Bengal Indigo (English), Ceylon Indigo (English), Digo (), Indigo (Finnish), Indigo (French), Indigo (German), Indigo (Spanish, Castillian), Indigo (Swedish), Indigo Sauvage (French), Indigofera (Italian), Indigofera Krasilnaya (Russian), Indigostrauch (German), Indigotier (French), Indygo (Polish), Indygowiec Barwierski (Polish), Madras Indigo (English), Pianta Dell’ Indaco (Italian), Wild Indigo (English)[Credits] |
| Conservation Status: |
Not Threatened |
| Maps: |
distribution |
| Occurrence: |
[Gg(A D) Rf(CS)] |
| Use: |
Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Toxins |
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