Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera colutea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera colutea is a procumbent to prostrate, annual to short-lived perennial plant with branching stems; it can grow 10 - 90cm 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. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is a local source of the widely used dyestuff 'indigo'.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread through tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia from Cape Verde to Indonesia, New Guinea, eastern Australia, New Zealand

HabitatGrassland; cultivations; open spots in bushland; especially on sandy soil; sandy muddy soil; grassy formation with Schoenefeldia gracilis; rocky places; deciduous woodland or bushland; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].