Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera > Indigofera heterantha

Indigofera heterantha (Indigo Bush)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Indigofera heterantha (syn. Indigofera gerardiana), commonly known as Himalayan indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the northwestern Himalayas of Tibet, in Asia. It belongs to the same genus as plants formerly used to produce indigo dye.
View Wikipedia Record: Indigofera heterantha

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [1]  The flowers have a vanilla scent.
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  The branches are used in basket making and in making twig bridges; They are also used as a fuel;
Height [1]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Width [1]  8.2 feet (2.5 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Indigofera heterantha

Predators

Naemorhedus goral (goral)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Food plants and feeding habits of Himalayan ungulates, Anjali Awasthi, Sanjay Kr. Uniyal, Gopal S. Rawat and S. Sathyakumar, CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 85, NO. 6, 25 SEPTEMBER 2003
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0