Indigofera caudata

Botanical Description

Indigofera caudata is an erect shrub growing up to 250cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1496 Title A Revision of the Genus Indigofera (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Southeast Asia Publication Blumea 30 (1984) 89-151 Author Kort I. de, Thijsse G. Publisher Year 1984 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. The Yunnan Plateau, Northern Indochina and Luang Prabong forest ecoregions, where specimens of this species have been recorded, have had much of their area converted to grasslands and scrub, largely as a result of intensified shifting cultivation. This remains a threat, but as this species is tolerant of scrub conditions as well as forest, the impact may be less than for a purely forest species. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].