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Indigofera galegoides
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Indigofera galegoides DC., Prodr. 2: 225. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 100. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 313(221). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 189. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 60. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 51. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 108. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 182. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs to about 2.5 m tall; stems glabrous or minutely appressed-pubescent; stipules filiform, about 2 mm long. Leaves imparipinnate, 15-23 foliolate; stipels minute, filiform; leaflets opposite or subopposite, elliptic to obovate, 1-5 x 0.5-2 cm, obtuse, apiculate at the apex, obtuse at the base, appressed-pubescent with minute hairs on both surfaces; inflorescence axillary, racemose, subspicate, many-flowered, much shorter than the leaves; bracts subulate, about 1 mm long. Flowers about 1-1.3 cm long. Calyx pubescent, about 2 mm long with short, deltoid lobes. Petals pinkish, the vexillum sericeous on the outer face. Pods 50 x 4 mm, oblong, compressed, tomentellus, cuspidate, uneven; seeds 5 x 2.5 mm, oblong, uneven, dark brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
100-1000
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Localities:
Anakuthivayal, Moozhiar
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