Biology:Indigofera cassioides

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Indigofera

Indigofera cassioides
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Trained into a fence along a road in India
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Indigofera
Species:
I. cassioides
Binomial name
Indigofera cassioides
Rottler ex DC.
Synonyms[1]

Indigofera cassioides, the cassia indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.[2] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southeast and south-central China, and Taiwan, and has been introduced to Sri Lanka and Kenya.[1] Local artisans use its leaves to produce a blue dye.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Indigofera cassioides Rottler ex DC.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499119-1. 
  2. Valke, Dinesh. "Cassia Indigo". Flowers of India. https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cassia%20Indigo.html. 
  3. Patil, Sonali Hindurao; Kurlapkar, Dilip Damodar; Gaikwad, Dattatraya Krishna (2018). "Short Communication: Dye-yielding plant resources of Maharashtra, India: A checklist". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 20 (1): 250–266. doi:10.13057/biodiv/d200129. 

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