*Indigofera suffruticosa* is cultivated as an alternative to *I. tinctoria* for
the production of the dye indigo. The two are quite distinct:
*Indigofera tinctoria Indigofera suffruticosa*
Small shrub, 50 cm- 100 cm tall Small
shrub 80 cm-150 cm tall
Pubescence whitish
Pubescence grayish green
Stipules 2mm long
Stipules 4 mm long
Leaflets 9-13, apex rounded to emarginate Leaflets
11-19, apex acute to rounded
Petiole 1.3-2.5 cm long
Petiole 1.5 cm long
Racemes 2.5-9 cm long, lax
racemes
2-3 cm long, dense
Bracts bristle-like, 1-1.5 mm long bracts
linear, 2 mm long
Ovary glabrous
ovary densely hairy
Fruit straight to semicircular but never falcate Fruit falcate
Fruit 2.5-3 cm long
fruit 1-1.5 cm
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On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear friends, ... at another forum, my friends have genuine doubts about
> this plant being *I. tinctoria*.
> Their thoughts: *I. tinctoria* is a small shrub, similar to *I.
> suffruticosa* (in fact, they think both are synonymous).
>
> To me it looks like *I. tinctoria* (and dear Tabish too thinks similarly)
> ... yet would like you to take a re-look and validate the ID.
>
>
> Based my ID by referring these two links:
> 1) ... The Indigo page ... http://www.indigopage.com/herbal/indigofera.htm
> 2) ... IMPGC ...
> http://www.impgc.com/plantinfo_A.php?id=273&bc=Raw%20Herbs%20%BB%20Leaves
>
>
> Facts:
> Found the plant growing on hill slope, enroute Kas plateau in the ghat
> region.
> Best remembering it to be about 4 - 5 ft in height and about as much wide.
>
> Requesting you to refer the photographs for inferring ID.
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 9:34 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The most well known one !! Great shot Dinesh ji
>> Tanay
>>
>> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> ... many thanks dear Tabish ... one more to go ... *I. trita*.
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Dinesh,
>>>> Wonderful exposition of various Indigo species!
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> - Tabish
>>>>
>>>> On May 29, 12:43 am, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> > Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » *Indigofera tinctoria* ((syn.
>>>> *Indigofera
>>>> > argentea, Indigofera sumatrana*)
>>>> > ... also placed in Papilionaceae
>>>> >
>>>> > in-dee-GO-fer-uh -- bearing indigo
>>>> > tink-TOR-ee-uh -- used in dyeing or has a sap which can stain
>>>> >
>>>> > *commonly known as*: true indigo • Bengali: নীল neel • Gujarati: નીલ
>>>> neel •
>>>> > Hindi: नील neel • Kannada: ajara, nili • Malayalam: amari, nilamari,
>>>> nili •
>>>> > Marathi: निळंबी nilambi, नीली nili • Sanskrit: नीली neeli, nilika,
>>>> नीलिनी
>>>> > nilini, rangapatri • Tamil: அவுரி avuri, நீலி nili • Telugu: అవిరి
>>>> aviri,
>>>> > నీలి nili
>>>> > *
>>>> > Native of*: tropical Africa, w Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, s
>>>> China,
>>>> > Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, n Australia; widely
>>>> naturalized /
>>>> > cultivated; exact native range obscure
>>>> >
>>>> > *References*:
>>>> > • Flowers of India ...
>>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/True%20Indigo.html
>>>> > • Indigo page ...http://www.indigopage.com/herbal/indigofera.htm
>>>> > • NPGS / GRIN ...
>>>> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20064
>>>> > • ILDIS ...
>>>> http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~2778&genus.<http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version%7E10.01&LegumeWeb&tno%7E2778&genus.>
>>>> ..
>>>> > • M.M.P.N.D. ...
>>>> http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Indigofera.html
>>>> > • DDSA ...http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/
>>>> >
>>>> > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>>>> ~ ~ ~
>>>> > Views attached from:
>>>> > ... enroute Kas plateau
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards.
>>>> >
>>>> > 1655034504_680d8bf0a8_b.jpg
>>>> > 112KViewDownload
>>>> >
>>>> > 1650540475_c4c7492903_b.jpg
>>>> > 105KViewDownload
>>>> >
>>>> > 1655002816_ff791a26be_b.jpg
>>>> > 105KViewDownload
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