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Indigofera tinctoria L. (Syn: Anila tinctoria var. normalis Kuntze; Indigofera anil var. orthocarpa DC.; Indigofera bergii Vatke; Indigofera cinerascens DC.; Indigofera houer Forssk.; Indigofera indica Lam.; Indigofera oligophylla Baker; Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) O.Berg & C.F.Schmidt; Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.; Indigofera tinctoria Blanco; Indigofera tinctoria var. brachycarpa DC.; Indigofera tinctoria var. torulosa Baker f.; Indigofera tulearensis Drake);
. in-dee-GO-fer-uh — bearing indigo … Dave’s Botanary tink-TOR-ee-uh — used in dyeing or has a sap which can stain … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: Bengal indigo, common indigo, Indian indigo, true indigo • Assamese: নীল neel • Bengali: নীল neel • Gujarati: ગળી gali • Hindi: नील neel, नीलिका nilika • Kachchhi: ગરીજો ઝાડ garijo jhad, ગુડી gudi, નીલ neel • Kannada: ಅಂಜೂರ ನೀಲಿ anjoora neeli, ಹೆಣ್ಣು ನೀಲಿ hennu neeli, ನೀಲಿ ಗಿಡ neeli gida, ಒಳ್ಳೇ ನೀಲಿ olleneeli • Konkani: नीळी neeli • Ladakhi: ནི་ལ་ ni la • Malayalam: അമരി amari, നീലയമരി nilayamari • Manipuri: ꯅꯤꯝ download font nim • Marathi: नीळ neel, नीली nili • Mizo: chi-cha • Odia: ନୀଳ nila, ରଙ୍ଗପୁଷ୍ପ rangapushpa, ଶ୍ଯାମଳିକା shyamalika • Pali: नीली nili • Punjabi: ਲੀਲ lil • Rajasthani: नील neel • Sanskrit: गन्धपुष्पा gandhapushpa, महारसा maharasa, नीलक nilaka, नीलिणी nilini, रङ्गपुष्पी rangapushpi, रञ्जनी ranjani, श्यामलिका shyamalika • Tamil: அவுரி avuri, நீலி nili • Telugu: అవిరి aviri, నీలిచెట్టు nilichettu • Tibetan: ནི་ལ་ ni la • Tulu: ನೀಲಿ neeli • Urdu: نيل neel, نيلکا nilika .
India (N): Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam ; Bihar ; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli ; Daman; Delhi ; Diu ; Goa; Gujarat ; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh ; Jammu-Kashmir ; Karnataka; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram; Nagaland; Orissa; Pondicherry ; Punjab ; Rajasthan; Sikkim ; Tamil Nadu; Tripura ; Uttar Pradesh ; West Bengal & other countries as per ILDIS;
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NATURALIZED :: Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Indigofera suffruticosa : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Indigofera suffruticosa (syn. Anila tinctoria, Indigofera anil) Could this be I. tinctoria
Leaflets are too few (I can see nine) for I. suffruticosa
Pods are too long for suffruticosa … many thanks for raising your doubts, … Many thanks … Just as per your thoughts, this ID is resolved to Indigofera tinctoria based on discussion in a recent post of …     ID please … could be Indigofera suffruticosa (syn. Indigofera anil, Anila tinctoria) The plant in the attached photo graph is Indigofera suffruticosa [anil de pasto].
Indigofera tinctoria
Herb prostrate. Munnar Kerala. Dec Earlier posted and identified by … Please have a look again and validate. Looks close to Indigofera endecaphylla.
Indigofera tinctoria SN Aug 13 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3).
Indigofera tinctoria L. wild weed (Cosmetic medicinal herb, used as food colour) from Mangalore area of Karnataka Looks different from images of Indigofera tinctoria at Wikipedia & efi thread.
It may be some other species. Appears close to images at Indigofera suffruticosa Mill.
Chances of Indigofera cassioides DC. are higher because leaflets in images are 13-15, leaf apex emarginate or obtuse, pods appear to be straight. In the image the leaves are not emarginate, it appears as emarginate. leaflet colour, number are showing the typical indigofera tinctoria features. The observation is made in the early season of the herb, so the flowers are not well developed. the number of leaflets and the phyllotoxy of the leaflet are matching with Indigofera tinctoria. There are variation in the same herb from place to place. Please find the images of Indigofera tinctoria observed recently from Madanapalli area of AP. Attachments (2) Thanks, … But size of inflorescence is too small compared to size of the leaves. Due to some environmental stress most of the places the inflorescence is stunted. You can refer the inflorescence of AP image.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: FOR VALIDATION Indigofera suffruticosa :: Thane :: DVOCT88 : 7 posts by 4 authors. 10 images.Indigofera ¿ suffruticosa ? Please validate this ID; my earlier post was not conclusive. There are a few posts related to I. suffruticosa in group’s archive. Couple of Pravin Kawale ji’s posts seem to have plants very similar to what I am posting.
The posted plant is about a metre high bushy shrub, and is as wide, growing near creek, on large bund of paddy field. I do not recollect dimensions of pods, the flower must be 3 – 4 mm across. at Vaghbil on October 18, 2009
at Vaghbil on October 19, 2008
at Vaghbil on July 19, 2008
efi page on Indigofera suffruticosa By any chance this plant could be Indigofera astragalina? the pods of posted plant and that of I. astragalina look different … (you may click on photos to see larger pictures). Check also Indifofera longiracemosa OR Indigofera tinctoria L. Many thanks … Will check the possibilities of Indigofera longeracemosa OR Indigofera tinctoria. I second … views. It is not I. suffruticosa nor I. astragalina. efi page on Indigofera tinctorial Thanks to … for his suggested ID and to …; this ID is resolved to Indigofera tinctoria based on discussion in a recent post of … My facebook post on same plant was identified as Indigofera tinctoria.
May be as per images at Indigofera tinctoria ?      Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Indigofera suffruticosa for validation:: Panipat :: NS OCT 73/73 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) I think more closer to images, distribution and details at Indigofera tinctoria
Pl. also see for differences between the two:
  Tephrosia sp? please validate, From Nateshwar, Jalgaon, Maharashtra – Aug-2016. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Height of plant 2 feets app., pods small 3cm cyllendric. Forest, mixed deciduous type. Please compare with Indigofera suffruticosa… Thank you … looks perfect match with above link! matching with all characters. I think more closer to images, distribution and details at Indigofera tinctoria
Pl. also see for differences between the two:
Request for ID- 090318 SR1 : 1 post by 1 author.
I request to validate the following Indigofera caerulea or I.tinctoria.
Yes, appears close as per images at Indigofera tinctoria. Pl. also check Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. (though ILDIS does not show any distribution here) as per comparative images at Indigofera
to me it is not Indigofera tinctoria; more close to Indigofera suffruticosa I think more closer to images, distribution and details at Indigofera tinctoria
Pl. also see for differences between the two:
Which indigophera? most probably Indigofera coerulea Roxb. this is Indigofera coerulea from Fabaceae. observed this at Gorai, Mumbai I. coerulea have 5 to 9 leaflets, rarely 11.      Konkan, May 2014 :: Requesting ID of this shrub :: 29MAY2014 :: ARK-16 : 17 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (5). Requesting to please ID this shrub captured near Devgad, Maharashtra in May 2014. Is this some Indigofera species? Indigofera tinctoria to me, Fabaceae
Please mention flowering time and habitat Is it cultivated ? The plant was growing wild in the backyard of a house. This was clicked in May 2014… this could be Indigofera coerulea .. Could it be Tephrosia purpurea? Kolinjil in Malayalam. It might be Indigofera suffruticosa If we have fruit also for this taxon, can identify perfectly. For Indigofera tinctoria, pods are long and recurved. But the closely allied (but often misidentified) one namely Indigofera longiracemosa has small pods.
Thank you … for the feedback. Attaching herewith cropped pic of the earlier posed pics to show the pods… Attachments (1) this picture doesn’t show any mature pods and is rather misleading. Thanks, … for the explanation. I thought there were pods at the bottom of the pic that I posted today. AS far as I know they are not synonyms. Sir David Prain, in his ‘Bengal Plants’, divides Indigofera tinctoria L. into two – i) leaflets hardly longer than broad; racemes shorter than leaves = tinctoria = “Chota Nagpur; Behar; rare, not cultivated in our area” (Prain)
ii) leaflets longer than broad; racemes as long as leaves = sumatrana = “cultivated, chiefly Tirhut; occasionally spontaneous in Tamarisk jungles and on river banks… Bengal indigo” (Prain)
FoP informs I. tinctoria leaflets alternate – http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116399#KEY-1-7
To my understanding, we can rule out tinctoria.
FoC infoms I. suffruticosa Mill. is 11 to 19 foliolate. In this set only one or two leaves have 11 leaflets; mostly 5 to 9.
There is Indigofera caerulea – http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116399#KEY-1-22 and there is Indigofera coerulea Roxb. – http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-3769
Roxburgh’s plant is in http://linnean-online.org/45121/ and in plantillustrations. Decription can be found in FI (leaflets 3 to 5 pairs).
I will select the Roxburgh’s plant out of the above three Thank you … for this detailed explanation….. I really wonder about your analytical skills (and patience) and wish I had even a fraction of it… … had also indicated I. coerulea in his post above. I think more closer to images, distribution and details at Indigofera tinctoria
Pl. also see for differences between the two:
Indigofera argentea var. caerulea
Attachments (1)- 3 mb I think more closer to images, distribution and details at Indigofera tinctoria
Pl. also see for differences between the two:
. Indigofera suffruticosa in FOI : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Images of Indigofera suffruticosa in FOI looks more closer to images, distribution and details at Indigofera tinctoria Pl. also see for differences between the two:
Thanks … for resurfacing this validation.
From earlier discussions: efi thread one and two and per your suggestion, I will revise labels in my flickr notes to Indigofera tinctoria. Also corrected in FOI.
Location : Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh
Flowering: Jan
Photo taken : Jan, 2018
Seems to be Indigofera tinctoria.
I agree.
is it possible to get a picture of the complete inflroescence ?
Charkop, Mumbai :: Climber for ID :: ARK2019-51 : 12 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5)
Requesting to please ID this climber. This was found on a wasteland near the Charkop mangroves in Mumbai in April 2019.
Some Indigofera; I too wanting to know the ID.
I have mine from Vaghbil, Thane – similar habitat – saline soil, pending for ID, twice posted …
It appears as Indigofera tinctoria
Thanks very much, … I hope we get more comments.
I guess I. tinctoria matches.
Thanks … very much for your thoughts.
I too think it must be Indigofera tinctoria.
I will be very glad if we get some confident validations for the ID of the posted plant.
Pictures of Indigofera tinctoria in Google image results are confusing – especially when we compare flowers and leaves among the results.
Indigofera cassioides, whose flowers are relatively different, borne in larger clusters, seem to be labelled by some as I. tinctoria in the results.
Yes …! Some of the images in Google are misleading
Yes, …, I also agree with the id as per details & images at
Thank you … for validating !
. Nepali name(s) of Indigofera tinctoria : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Please help with Nepali name(s) of Indigofera tinctoria, if any.
I could not find Nepali name for this sp.
Names of Plants in India :: Indigofera tinctoria L. : 7 posts by 4 authors. 1 image.
. 110 ID wild plant: 11 images. Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Flower date: 22.07.2021, 01.40 pm Altitude: 1400fsl Habitat: wild moisture Plant habit: under shrub, erect, branches, hard old stem, purpled young stem, perennial Height: 02 meters Leaves: alternate, pinnate, leaflets opposite, ovate, size:3×1.7cm or less, bitter taste, bluish green coloured Flower: inflorescence, size:2.5×2×2mm, pink, non fragrant Fruit: round beans green into brown, size:2.5×0.3cm, edible Seed: black 5-6 nos., pea shaped, size:2×1.7mm, edible Camera: Samsung Galaxy A21s Indigofera Yes, it is close to Indigofera tinctoria … Thank you very much for ID my plant, I guess you are right Yes, You are right … I have seen this plant on hedges abundantly . At maturity the pods are dark brown in colour. Here attaching two photographs of the speciman.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Indonesia 8 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) It looks like an Indigofera sp. Indigofera tinctoria,
Identification Request of Indigofera sp. : 4 images. Indigofera coerulea, … correct I think it may be Indigofera tinctoria as no. of leaflets are more than Indigofera coerulea as per descriptions in the book pages in the Flora of Peninsular India Once look …, if based on leaf lets,
Flora of Andhra Pradesh.
1 image. Indigofera tinctoria L. is correct ID !
. Wild Plant for ID : Nasik : 27SEP21 : AK – 049: 4 images.
A wild plant seen last week (27.9.21) in Nasik. Please check Indigofera in FoI and efi. I think Indigofera tinctoria L. as per comparative images at Indigofera. I guess you are right Adding more images clicked last month including those of the pods. . Indigofera ID: 1 high res. image. Indigofera tinctoria L. I am not 100% sure if this is Indigofera tinctoria…
Yes, appears close to images at
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