As recorded for Indigofera parviflora
Indigofera parviflora
Indigofera parviflora
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- October-January
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Indigastrum parviflorum. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Africa, SW. Arabian Pen., India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, N. Australia.
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- Tamil Nadu →Maharashtra →
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How to identify Indigofera parviflora
Identify Indigofera parviflora by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Indigofera parviflora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Indigofera parviflora
- Genus
- Indigofera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Distribution
- Africa, India, Sri Lanka, N. Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-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
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indigofera parviflora itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indigofera parviflora itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Indigofera parviflora
Indigofera parviflora belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Flowering and fruiting run from October to January.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Indigofera parviflora belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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