✿Fabaceae · Indigofera
Indigofera longiracemosa
UndershrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Flowering
- July-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Indigofera longiracemosa
- Genus
- Indigofera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- River banks, wastelands and scrub forests
- Distribution
- India to Madagascar, Zanzibar
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- 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 Indigofera longiracemosa 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 Indigofera longiracemosa itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Indigofera longiracemosa
Indigofera longiracemosa belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. It grows in river banks, wastelands and scrub forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Indigofera longiracemosa belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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