Sir David Prain, in his 'Bengal Plants', divides *Indigofera tinctoria* L. into two - i) *leaflets hardly longer than broad*; racemes shorter than leaves = *tinctoria* = "Chota Nagpur; Behar; rare, not cultivated in our area" (Prain) ii) leaflets longer than broad; racemes as long as leaves = *sumatrana* = "cultivated, chiefly Tirhut; occasionally spontaneous in Tamarisk jungles and on river banks... Bengal indigo" (Prain) FoP informs *I. tinctoria* leaflets alternate - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116399#KEY-1-7
To my understanding, we can rule out *tinctoria*. FoC infoms *I. suffruticosa* Mill. is 11 to 19 foliolate <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012176>. In this set only one or two leaves have 11 leaflets; mostly 5 to 9. There is *Indigofera caerulea* - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116399#KEY-1-22 and there is *Indigofera coerulea* Roxb. - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-3769 Roxburgh's plant is in http://linnean-online.org/45121/ and in http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=129885. Decription can be found in FI (leaflets 3 to 5 pairs). I will select the Roxburgh's plant out of the above three Thanks n regards On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:10 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Indigofera tinctoria to me, Fabaceae > Please mention flowering time and habitat > > Is it cultivated ? - from Sourav ji. > > The plant was growing wild in the backyard of a house. This was clicked > in May 2014... > Regards > Alka Khare > this could be Indigofera coerulea .. > regards > Satish Pardeshi > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alka Khare <[email protected]> > Date: 29 May 2014 17:23 > Subject: [efloraofindia:189398] Konkan, May 2014 :: Requesting ID of this > shrub :: 29MAY2014 :: ARK-16 > To: [email protected] > > > Hello friends > > Requesting to please ID this shrub captured near Devgad, Maharashtra in > May 2014. > Is this some Indigofera species? > > Thanks and Regards > Alka Khare > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
