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Indigofera glandulosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Indigofera glandulosa Wendl., Bot. Boeb. 55. 1798; Sanjappa, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26: 40. 1985 & in Hajra et. al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 21: 66. 1995.
Indigofera glandulosa Roxb. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1227. 1803; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 94. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 309(218). 1918; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 99. 1999.
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Description:
Subshrubs; branchlets pubescent. Leaflets to 3.5 x 1.5 cm, oblanceolate, apex obtuse or emarginate, mucronate, base cuneate, membranous, pubescent, glandular beneath, laterals little smaller; petiole to 2 cm; petiolule 1 mm, stipules linear. Racemes axillary, to 1 cm long; flowers pink; bracts linear, ciliate; calyx 5-lobed, 1.5 mm, linear, pubescent; standard petal 3 x 1.5 mm, oblong-obovate; wings 2.5 x 1 mm; keel 3 x 1 mm, ciliate; staminal tube 2 mm, filaments to 1 mm, unequal; anthers apiculate; ovary 2 mm, subsessile, hirsute, style 2 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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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):
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:
-1200
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Localities:
Chinnar, Ichampetty
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