Indigofera cassioides

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Indigofera cassioides
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Trained into a fence along a road in India
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Indigofera
Species:
I. cassioides
Binomial name
Indigofera cassioides
Synonyms [1]
List
    • Indigofera arboreaRoxb.
    • Indigofera byansghatensisS.Biswas
    • Indigofera dubiaSteud.
    • Indigofera ellipticaRoxb.
    • Indigofera gibsoniiJ.Graham
    • Indigofera glaucescensGraham
    • Indigofera jirahuliaBuch.-Ham.
    • Indigofera leptostachyaDC.
    • Indigofera pulchellaRoxb.
    • Indigofera purpurascensRoxb.
    • Indigofera verrucosaGraham
    • Indigofera violaceaRoxb.

Indigofera cassioides, the cassia indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southeast and south-central China, and Taiwan, and has been introduced to Sri Lanka and Kenya. [1] Local artisans use its leaves to produce a blue dye. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Indigofera cassioides Rottler ex DC". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Valke, Dinesh. "Cassia Indigo". flowersofindia.net. Flowers of India. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Patil, Sonali Hindurao; Kurlapkar, Dilip Damodar; Gaikwad, Dattatraya Krishna (2018). "Short Communication: Dye-yielding plant resources of Maharashtra, India: A checklist". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 20 (1): 250–266. doi: 10.13057/biodiv/d200129 .


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