Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:225. 1825
Verified:
09/14/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
- Gillett, J. B. 1958. Indigofera (Microcharis) in tropical Africa. Kew Bull. add. ser., 1:137.
- Guangdong Inst. Bot., ed. Flora Hainanica. 1964-1977
- Han, S.-F. & X.-Q. Zhou. 1990. Register of nodulation reports for leguminous trees and shrubs in China. J. Nanjing Forest. Univ. 14(3):84-90.
- Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
- Kort, I. de & G. Thijsse. 1984. A revision of the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 30:118.
- Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
- Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Sanjappa, M. 1985. The genus Indigofera L. (Fabaceae-Papilionoideae) in Burma. Reinwardtia 10:222.
- Sanjappa, M. 1995. Leguminosae - Papilionoideae tribe Indigoferae. Fascicles of flora of India. 1978- 21:60-63.
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Andhra Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Meghalaya | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Orissa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India [Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Orissa, Tamil Nadu], Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Gillett, J. B. 1958. Indigofera (Microcharis) in tropical Africa. Kew Bull. add. ser., 1:137. |
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=20013.
Accessed 20 July 2025.