Indigo

Indigo

Scientific name: Indigofera tinctoria L.

Local name: ‘Nil’

Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1988)

 

Kingdom         : Plantae
Division    : Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Subclass  : Rosidae
Order  : Fabales
Family     : Fabacaeae
Genus       : Indigofera
Species: I. tinctoria

Botanical Description of Indigo

Habit: Perennial shrub

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Root: Tap root system

Stem: Stiffed, 1-2 m height.

Leaf: Pinnately compound

Inflorescence: Axillary raceme

Flower: Complete, hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, papilionaceous

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Fruit: a pod, linear oblong

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