Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera bungeana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera pseudotinctoria is an erect, deciduous shrub growing from 40 - 100cm 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and for commercial use in cosmetics. It is grown in soil conservation projects in Japan and is also sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, Korea.

HabitatThickets, streamsides, ravines; at elevations from 300 - 2,000 metres[ 109 Title Plantae Wilsonae. Vol 1 - 3 Publication Author Wilson. E. H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher University Press; Cambridge. Year 1911 - 1917 ISBN Description Details of the palnts collected by the plant collector E. H. Wilson on his travels in China. Gives some habitats. Not for the casual reader. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. Grasslands, river beaches, slopes; at elevations from 500 - 2,300 metres[ 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. ].