Indigofera cassioides | |
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Trained into a fence along a road in India | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Indigofera |
Species: | I. cassioides
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Binomial name | |
Indigofera cassioides | |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
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Indigofera cassioides, the cassia indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southeast and south-central China, and Taiwan, and has been introduced to Sri Lanka and Kenya. [1] Local artisans use its leaves to produce a blue dye. [3]
Indigofera cassioides | |
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Trained into a fence along a road in India | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Indigofera |
Species: | I. cassioides
|
Binomial name | |
Indigofera cassioides | |
Synonyms [1] | |
List
|
Indigofera cassioides, the cassia indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southeast and south-central China, and Taiwan, and has been introduced to Sri Lanka and Kenya. [1] Local artisans use its leaves to produce a blue dye. [3]