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8 Μαρ 2014 · Linnaeus (1753) described the genus based on the three species of I. tinctoria, I. hirsuta and I. glabra, with the name Indigofera referring to the indigo dye produced by members of the genus. Commonly called ‘true indigo’, the species name I. tinctoria reflects its status as a primary source of dye among the indigo plants.
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Indigofera L.is the largest genus of the tribe Indigofereae,...
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Species of Indigofera are mostly shrubs, though some are small trees or herbaceous perennials or annuals. The branches are covered with silky hairs. Most of them have pinnate leaves made of three foliolates with short petioles. [3][4]: 341.
Indigofera tinctoria, commonly called true indigo, is a deciduous spreading tropical shrub or subshrub of the pea family that typically grows to 2-3’ tall and as wide. As suggested by the common name, this shrub was the original source of the blue dye known as indigo.
A medium-sized deciduous shrub, herbaceous in colder areas and then making up to 1.2m annual growth. Leaves pinnate with 13-21 small leaflets. Flowers 12mm, rosy-purple, in racemes to 12cm in length from early summer.
A deciduous shrub with downy, slightly-ribbed branches. At Kew, where it is almost invariably cut back to the ground each winter, it sends up a dense thicket of erect, scarcely branched shoots 2 to 4 ft high, clothed from top to bottom with leaves.
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa, Tanzania to S. Africa, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
25 Νοε 2014 · The genus Indigofera includes over 750 species of shrubs, shrublets, perennial herbs, or rarely annual herbs or small trees (Flora of China Editorial Committee, 2014). Several species within this genus are used to produce the dye indigo and other species, including the species I. trita , are used in traditional medicine to alleviate pain ...
