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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]

Indigofera cassioides
Trained into a fence along a road in India
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Indigofera arborea Roxb.
    • Indigofera byansghatensis S.Biswas
    • Indigofera dubia Steud.
    • Indigofera elliptica Roxb.
    • Indigofera gibsonii J.Graham
    • Indigofera glaucescens Graham
    • Indigofera jirahulia Buch.-Ham.
    • Indigofera leptostachya DC.
    • Indigofera pulchella Roxb.
    • Indigofera purpurascens Roxb.
    • Indigofera verrucosa Graham
    • Indigofera violacea Roxb.

References


  1. "Indigofera cassioides Rottler ex DC". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. Valke, Dinesh. "Cassia Indigo". flowersofindia.net. Flowers of India. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  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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