Punal-Murunkai / Asian Indigo
Indigofera trita var. marginulata
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- November-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Indigofera trita var. marginulata
- Genus
- Indigofera
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-December
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 Punal-Murunkai 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 Punal-Murunkai itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- புனல்முருங்கை punal-murunkai
- Telugu
- జీడి వెంపలి jidi vempali
About Punal-Murunkai
Asian Indigo (Indigofera trita var. marginulata) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to December.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Punal-Murunkai belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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