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Indigofera wightii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Indigofera wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 202. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 99. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 313(221). 1918; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 154. 1994; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 198. 1992 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 155. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 51. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 109. 1998.
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Description:
Erect silvery white shrubs, to 1 m tall; densely covered with adpressed hairs. Leaves 3-5 cm long; leaflets 6-8 pairs, 6 x 2 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, apiculate at apex, ashy white, densely, hairy below; petiolule 1 mm long; stipule 1 mm long, ovate, hairy. Racemes 2-4 cm long, slender, axillary, 30-40 flowered. Flowers 6 mm long; calyx 1.5 mm long, lobes ovate, acuminate; standard 4 x 2.5 mm, obovate, obtuse, cuspidate, hairy outside; wings 4 x 1.5 mm, oblong; keel 5 x 2.5 mm, obovate, obtuse, hispid outside. Pods to 2.5 x 0.3 cm, oblong, terete, sessile, densely covered with adpressed hairs; seeds 1 x 1 mm, cubical, glabrous, dark brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-July
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Yellow, 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:
200-900
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Localities:
Mangaladevi
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