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Indigofera is a varied genus that has shown unique characteristics making it an interesting candidate as a potential perennial crop. [clarification needed] Specifically, there is diverse variation among species with a number of unique characteristics.
Indigofera tinctoria [2], also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye. Description.
Indigofera australis, the Australian indigo or Austral indigo, is an attractive species of leguminous shrub in the genus Indigofera (family Fabaceae). [1] The genus name Indigofera is Neo-Latin for "bearing Indigo" ( Indigo is a purple dye originally obtained from some Indigofera species).
Indigofera heterantha is a deciduous shrub growing to 2–3 m (7–10 ft) tall and broad, with pinnate leaves, each leaf carrying up to 21 grey-green oval leaflets, and racemes of purple pea-like flowers in summer. [1] [2] The Latin specific epithet heterantha means "with various or diverse flowers". [3]
Indigofera linnaei is a spreading, usually prostrate woody herb, 15–50 cm high with a long taproot, [8] which forms a flat mat up to 1.5 m across, and up to 45 cm high. [6] The compound leaves are up to 3 cm long, with (generally) 7 or 9 obovate, alternate leaflets which have a mucronate apex and are about 8–15 mm long and 2–5 mm wide ...
Indigofera texana Buckley Indigofera tinctaria Hook. Indigofera miniata , the scarlet pea or coastal indigo , is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae , native to the US states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, and Florida, and to Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba.
Indigofera hirsuta, the hairy indigo or rough hairy indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to nearly all the world's tropics; South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia and Australia, and has been introduced to the Caribbean, the southeast United States, Mexico and Central America. [1]
Indigofera hendecaphylla, the creeping indigo or trailing indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Old World Tropics and Subtropics, and has been introduced to various locales, including Japan and Australia. [ 1 ]