Indigofera tinctoria (true indigo)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Indigofera tinctoria L.
- Preferred Common Name
- true indigo
- Other Scientific Names
- Indigofera bergii Vatke
- Indigofera cinerascens DC.
- Indigofera houer Forssk.
- Indigofera indica Lam.
- Indigofera oligophylla Baker
- Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) O.Berg & C.F.Schmidt
- Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.
- Indigofera tinctoria Blanco
- Indigofera tulearensis Drake
- International Common Names
- Englishcommon indigoIndian indigo
- Spanishindigo
- Frenchindigotier
- Chinesemu lan
- Local Common Names
- Brazilanil
- Cubaañilañil cimarrónañil de Guatemala
- GermanyFaerber- Indigostrauch
- Haitidigo digot
- Lesser AntillesFrench indigo
- Myanmarmeme-naime-net
- Puerto Ricoañil verdadero
- EPPO code
- INDTI (Indigofera tinctoria)
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Habit
Indigofera tinctoria (true indigo); habit, with flowers. Botanical specimen in the Botanischer Garten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. July 2012.
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Habit
Indigofera tinctoria (true indigo); habit, showing leaves and seedpods. nr. Vikramasingapuram, Tamil Nadu, south India. March 2018.
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Flowers
Indigofera tinctoria (true indigo); leaves and flowers. Jardin des Plantes de Paris, France. June 2014.
©Pancrat/via wikipedia - CC BY-SA 3.0
Seedpods
Indigofera tinctoria (true indigo); close view of seedpods. nr. Vikramasingapuram, Tamil Nadu, south India. March 2018.
©Yercaud-elango/via wikipedia - CC BY-SA 4.0
Indigofera tinctoria
Joy Viola, Northeastern University, bugwood.org
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Indigofera tinctoria
Joy Viola, Northeastern University, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
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Published online: 4 October 2022
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