Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera > Indigofera suffruticosa

Indigofera suffruticosa (indigobush; anil de pasto; Guatemala Indigo; Tinto; Azulejo; Azul; Añil; Wild Indigo; Platanito; Bengal Indigo; Indigotier Sauvage; Indigo; West Indian Indigo; Tinaco; Sacatinta; Platanito De Tinto; Nilam; Markham Gungo; Madras Indigo; Lendigo; Jiquelite; Indigotier; Indigo Sauvage; Indigo Plant; Hojas Azules; Digo Sauvage; Digo; Ceylon Indigo; Azul De Hoja; Anil Indigo; Anil De Piedra; Akouveli)

Synonyms:
Language: Hindi; Sinhala

Wikipedia Abstract

Indigofera suffruticosa, commonly known as Guatemalan indigo, small-leaved indigo (Sierra Leone), West Indian indigo, wild indigo, and añil, is a flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. In Hawaiian, it is known as either ʻinikō/inikoa, or kolū; in Fijian it is called vaivai, the Samoans call it laʻau mageso, on Guam it is called aniles, and in Tonga it is referred to as ʻakauveli (itchy plant). Añil is commonly used as a source for indigo dye, and if mixed with certain clays, can produce Maya blue, a pigment used by the Mesoamerican civilizations.
View Wikipedia Record: Indigofera suffruticosa

Infraspecies

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Predators

Crypticerya genistae[3]
Geococcus coffeae (coffee root mealybug)[3]
Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)[3]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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