Indigofera

Indigofera angulosa Edgew. ?

Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A.Rich. (India (I): Arunachal Pradesh; Bihar; Karnataka; Orissa; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS) (Indigofera arrecta is a East African species introduced into India and cultivated largely in British times as its other major source of commercial Indigo along with Indigofera tinctoria. Both these species are very closely related however I. arrecta can be distinguished based on characters having comparitively more number of leaflets, grooved branches, much taller plants (7-8 feets), longer racemes (upto 4cm) and ferrugino-pubescent calyx and standard petal/banner.)

Indigofera cordifolia Roth

Indigofera cylindracea Baker ? (Himalaya to Tibet and N. Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)

Indigofera mysorensis DC. 
   

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FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. :

Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 11.2.14: 

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Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India – (2000)- Description & Keys–
Indigofera astragalina,
Indigofera caerulea ROXB.  Var.  caerulea
Indigofera colutea,

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Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details with keys–

Indigofera : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Indigofera

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

I am starting Indigofera Week at efloraofindia from  23.11.15 to 29.11.15 on experimental basis in a new way.

Insertion of images at species pages of ‎Indigofera completed (except unidentified species)

Thanks for the info Sir, should i start working on genus page?

Yeah, That will be nice.

done, thank you

I have added the list of species in India based on Sanjappa 1995 (mainly).

Yes, I am aware of the publication on Indigofera by Dr. Sanjappa.  He is now editing the Volumes 6 and 7 of Flora of India containing the Legumes and I am sure that BSI will publish these volumes in near future.  So far as I know, BSI wants to put all its published documents online as a policy matter.  It requires some time to retrieve them. 

Thank you for informing about the future plans of BSI.
I am eagerly waiting for the Flora of India volumes containing Legumes (6 & 7 as you mentioned). I am very sure that it will be a high quality document like vol-23.

Everything will be free in the website bsi.gov.in
They have to scan the huge documents generated so far and put them on the net.  This will certainly take some time. Everything will be free for the users unlike those of Indian Forester and Journal of Bombay Natural History Society who charge huge amount for providing PDF of back issues of their journals. I have had no opportunity to visit BLAT but someone told me that they are now charging even for herbarium consultation.  On the contrary,  herb. CAL is being digitized and a day will come when anyone can see the virtual herbarium, starting with the type materials, absolutely free of cost. Someone told that Nelumbo (formerly Bull. Bot. Surv. India) will be available online very soon.

Yes Sir ! I have been tracking the changes in BSI and very happy that they are opening their treasure of information to all interested in flora of India.
Fortunately, whatever is on the net by BSI is already with me as hard copies and I use this literature as standard literature and owe a great respect to it.
However, a lot remains to be done. With newly inducted young blood in BSI and with the guidance of experienced taxonomists we will have complete flora of India.

We all want that the Flora of India Project is completed.  It will be a great moment for us to see that the new generation of  scientists of the dept. take up the responsibility and complete this project as early as possible.  I am proud that I learned taxonomy from a very able scientist of this dept., Dr. N. P. Balakrishnan.
I am aware of your concern for a national flora which was reflected through your article published sometimes back in Current Science and we all discussed about it.  Even Flora Malesiana Project has been speeded up as they have felt that with the present pace of in depth studies, it may take generations to complete!
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Thanks for this compilation. Where can we get compilation of images along with species?

28 species are in eFI itself as images.
For line diagrams document by Dr Sanjappa (Sanjappa 1995 as also mentioned in the references) is the best source.

I have made certain changes in Indigofera page regarding the species found in India. Pl. see if it’s all right.

Can you send me the paper on “Indigofera himachalensis” by Chauhan and Pandey. I am not able to download it from anywhere as do not have access.

I. himachalensis V.Chauhan & A.K.Pandey and I. himalayensis Ali have not been included in the list at efloraofindia.

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Pl. go through Indigofera (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Fabaceae (Leguminosae)‎) page with images of species in efloraofindia.

If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice.