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Indigofera prostrata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Indigofera prostrata Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1226. 1802; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 310(219). 1918; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 130. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 147. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 164. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 194. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 115. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 203. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 230. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 296. 2009.
Indigofera trifoliata sensu Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 96. 1876, p.p. non L. 1753.
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Description:
Prostrate spreading branched herbs; stems appressed pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 0.8-1.8 x 0.4-0.8 cm, obovate or elliptic-obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, apiculate, appressed-pubescent, gland-dotted beneath; petiole 0.8-1.3 cm long; stipules subulate. Racemes axillary, c. 5 mm long, 3-6-flowered. Flowers pink or brick-red; pedicels c. 2 mm long. Calyx-tube c. 0.5 mm long; lobes c. 1 mm long, setaceous. Corolla exserted; standard c. 5 mm long, obovate; wings oblong; keels to 4 mm long. Staminal sheath c. 3 mm long. Pods 1-1.5 cm long, terete, slender, deflexed, slightly winged, appressed-pubescent. Seeds 4-8, oblong.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grassy areas in moist deciduous forests, also in plains
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Distribution:
Tropical Asia and Australia
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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:
50-1300
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Localities:
Tolpetty, Mukkali forests, Beemanadi, Chathiyara, Kanjirakadavu
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