Indigofera vicioides Jaub. & Spach

 
  • 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 Plant List) : Indigofera vicioides Jaub. & Spach
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Between rocks of scrub jungles on hill slopes
  • Key identification features : Decumbent; flowers red
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
  • Collection Date : 25-11-2018
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-1848
  • Collection Locality : Kanthallor, Idukki district, Kerala
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district
  • World Distribution : India, Africa
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Herbarium specimen from Kanthallor, Idukki district, Kerala
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Indigofera vicioides. Downloaded on 29 April 2024.

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