Indigofera wightii Wight & Arn. (Syn: Indigofera inamoena Thwaites; Indigofera pallida Craib); . Cambodia (N); India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Maharashtra ; Orissa ; Rajasthan ; Tamil Nadu ; Laos (N) ; Myanmar (N) ; Sri Lanka (N) ; Thailand (N); Vietnam (N) as per ILDIS; . Erect silvery white shrubs, to 1 m tall; densely covered with adpressed hairs. Leaves 3-5 cm long; leaflets 6-8 pairs, 6 x 2 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, apiculate at apex, ashy white, densely, hairy below; petiolule 1 mm long; stipule 1 mm long, ovate, hairy. Racemes 2-4 cm long, slender, axillary, 30-40 flowered. Flowers 6 mm long; calyx 1.5 mm long, lobes ovate, acuminate; standard 4 x 2.5 mm, obovate, obtuse, cuspidate, hairy outside; wings 4 x 1.5 mm, oblong; keel 5 x 2.5 mm, obovate, obtuse, hispid outside. Pods to 2.5 x 0.3 cm, oblong, terete, sessile, densely covered with adpressed hairs; seeds 1 x 1 mm, cubical, glabrous, dark brown. Flowering and fruiting: August-July Grasslands Peninsular India and Sri Lanka (Attributions-Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) .
ANAUG08 Confirmation- Indigofera suffruticosa? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Makalidurga It is Indigofera wightii Thank you very much …
ANAUG44 Please confirm if Indigofera wightii : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Camp Geedee, Bangalore It is Indigofera wightii .                 651 ID wild plant Indigofera: 17 high res. images. Please ID wild plant, Location: Suryanelli Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 6500fsl Flower date: 10OCT2024, 05.20pm Habitat: wild moisture rocky misty sloppy windy grassland alpine Plant habit: small branched shrub, hard cylindrical stem 10mm base diameter, perennial Height: 01.5 feet Leaves: alternate imparipinnate, leaflets 07 pairs opposite elliptic obtuse acute simple flexible smooth, size upto: 14×6mm Flower: axillary spike inflorescence, size:06x3mm, purplish, non fragrant Fruit: capsule green into brown cylindrical size:22x3mm Seed: Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x Did you compare on https://efloraofindia.com/efi/indigofera/. ?? It is very close to Indigofera wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn. Thank you very much for sharing the ID link, I guess you are correct |
Indigofera wightii
Updated on April 6, 2025