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Taxon:  Indigofera colutea (Burm. f.) Merr.



Summary
Genus:
Indigofera
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Indigofereae
Nomen number:
19895
Place of publication:
Philipp. J. Sci. 19:355. 1921
Verified:
09/08/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (7  active, 7  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Indigofera colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. var. colutea (0 active accession[s])
Indigofera colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. var. somalensis (Baker f.) Cufod. ex J. B. Gillett (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Indigofera viscosa Lam.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
sticky indigo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaCape Verde  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaDjibouti  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaSao Tome and Principe  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaDelhi 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGoa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGujarat 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHaryana 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMizoram 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOrissa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPondicherry 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPunjab 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTripura 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistanPunjab 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • MACARONESIA: Cape Verde
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa [Transvaal]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Pakistan [Punjab]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19895. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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