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Indigofera astragalina DC.

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Indigofera astragalina DC.
Indigofera astragalina DC.
Indigofera astragalina DC.
Indigofera astragalina DC.
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
Hindi
  • Dagadia
Marathi
  • फुलझडी Phuljhadi
  • रानमेथी Ranmethi
Other
  • Silky Indigo
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb / Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Densely hairy herbs; stems woody. Leaflets 7-9 pairs, to 3 x 1 cm, elliptic, acute, stipules lanceolate; stipels filiform. Racemes to 4 cm long, axillary. Flowers densely arranged, 8 mm long, shortly pedicelled; calyx 8 mm long, lobes linear; petals pink, glabrous. Pods 1.5 x 0.3 cm, 4-angular, densely hairy; seeds cubical, black, pitted.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Habit: Herb
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: October-January
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Grasslands
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Open places, shady localities
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                Moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and along roadsides in the plains
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  India: Assam, Maharastra, Odisha

                  Indian Distribution

                  Jorhat

                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                  Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Global Distribution

                    Pantropical

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Dharwar, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki Tamil Nadu: All districts
                      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                        📚 Occurrence
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                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        System Of Medicines Used In

                        Folk medicine

                        FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4331
                        Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4331
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                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984
                          1. Indigofera hirsuta sensu Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 98. 1876,p.p. non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 312(221). 1918.
                          2. Indigofera astragalina DC., Prodr. 2: 228. 1825; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 185. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 20. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 107. 1998.
                          1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4331
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984
                          2. Indigofera hirsuta sensu Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 98. 1876,p.p. non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 312(221). 1918.
                          3. Indigofera astragalina DC., Prodr. 2: 228. 1825; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 185. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 20. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 107. 1998.
                          4. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4331

                          Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

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                          📚 Meta data
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                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomPlantae
                          PhylumTracheophyta
                          ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                          OrderFabales
                          FamilyFabaceae
                          GenusIndigofera
                          SpeciesIndigofera astragalina DC.
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