Indigofera trita L. f. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Indigofera trita L. f.

Summary

Genus:

Indigofera

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Indigofereae

Nomen number:

20066

Place of publication:

Suppl. pl. 335. 1782 ("1781")

Verified:

09/17/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

8 (8 active, 8 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Indigofera trita L. f. subsp. scabra (Roth) de Kort & G. Thijsse (9 active accession[s])
Indigofera trita L. f. subsp. subulata (Vahl ex Poir.) Ali (12 active accession[s])
Indigofera trita L. f. subsp. trita (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
Galli, F. 1958. Inoculaçães cruzadas com bactérias dos nódulos de leguminosas tropicais. Revista Agric. (Piracicaba) 33:139-150.
Gillett, J. B. 1958. Indigofera (Microcharis) in tropical Africa. Kew Bull. add. ser., 1:101.
Hacker, J. B. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. 1990
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
Kort, I. de & G. Thijsse. 1984. A revision of the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia. Blumea 30:139.
Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Sanjappa, M. 1995. Leguminosae - Papilionoideae tribe Indigoferae. Fascicles of flora of India. 1978- 21:143-151.
Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Transvaal
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Swaziland
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Cote D'Ivoire
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Liberia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Congo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Gabon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Sao Tome and Principe
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen
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	Arunachal Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Assam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Bihar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Daman and Diu
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Delhi
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Goa
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Gujarat
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Haryana
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Himachal Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Jammu and Kashmir
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Karnataka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Kerala
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Madhya Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Maharashtra
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Manipur
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Meghalaya
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Nagaland
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Orissa
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Punjab
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Rajasthan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Sikkim
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tamil Nadu
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tripura
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Uttar Pradesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	West Bengal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
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	Papua New Guinea
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
4	Naturalized
6	Other

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India [Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Pakistan
INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]

Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, Yucatan]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Naturalized ()
Other ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Weed			Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979

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=20066. Accessed 18 July 2025.