Pharsi Ghas / Cassia Indigo
Indigofera cassioides
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Indigofera cassioides
- Genus
- Indigofera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, borders of shola forests and grasslands along hill slopes
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Indo-China, Siam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pharsi Ghas itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pharsi Ghas itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- फर्सी घास pharsi ghas, हाकनू hakanu, काथी kathi
- Telugu
- కరకంది karkandi, సిరల్లి siralli
- Kannada
- ಗೊಗ್ಗೆ gogge, ಕೊಗ್ಗಿ koggi
- Malayalam
- മണലി manali
- Marathi
- बारोली baroli, चिमनाटी chimnati, उन्हाळी unhali, चिमनाती
About Pharsi Ghas
A member of the Fabaceae family, Cassia Indigo (Indigofera cassioides) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 6 other states. It grows in deciduous forests, borders of shola forests and grasslands along hill slopes. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Pharsi Ghas belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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