Common name: Asian Indigo, Three-leaved indigo • Tamil: புனல்முருங்கை punal-murunkai • Telugu: జీడి వెంపలి jidi vempali • Kannada: ಗೋರಮ್ಟಿ ನೀಲಿ goramti nili
Botanical name: Indigofera trita Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Indigofera cineraria, Indigofera timoriensis, Indigofera rigida
Asian Indigo is a spreading to erect annual or short-lived perennial herb
or shrub, 1-3 ft high. Branches becoming whitish. Leaves are trifoliolate,
about 0.8-2.5 cm long. Leaflets are about 1.2-2.6 cm long, obovate or
oblong, velvety on both sides. Inflorescence is 6-12-flowered, 4.5 cm long
or less. Flowers are pink. Sepal cup is 2.5 mm long, with linear teeth.
Fruit is about 2.5-2.7 cm long, spreading or deflexed, tetragonous,
6-10-seeded. Flowering: July-September.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
| Photographed at Rajiv Gandhi Prani Sangrahalaya, Pune. |
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