Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera cordifolia

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera cordifolia is a herbaceous, annual to perennial plant with prostrate to ascending branches; it can grow 10 - 30cm tall[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. , 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 ]. In times of need, the plant is harvested from the wild for its seed which are an emergency source of food[ 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 ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica- Cape Verde, Mauritania to Ethiopia; Arabian Peninsula - Yemen, Oman; Asia - Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Indonesia (Java); northern Australia

HabitatBeaches, Pandanus-vegetation, grassfields; at elevations from sea level to 150 metres[ 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 ].