Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Indigofera | Species: Indigofera heterantha Brandis( शकिना ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
Synonym | Indigofera gerardiana Baker, Indigofera macrostachya Vent., Indigofera rubroviolacea Dunn | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
Common Name | Shakina | Flower Type | Raceme |
English / Trade Name | Himalayan indigo | Flowering Period | April-June |
Vernacular /Local Name | Shakina | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
Altitude | 1500-3000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | pod is cylindric, 1.3-2.5 cm long appressed hairy or glabrescent, 6 – 12 seeded, straight, hairless. |
Habitat | Dry sunny slopes, often forming dense scrub, and in forests. | Bark Type | Smooth |
Distribution | Found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to Bhutan and China. | Bark Details | Smooth but covered with bristly white hairs. |
Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
Leaf Type | Compound | ||
Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
Leaf Shape | Obovate | ||
Description of Species | Deciduous shrubs, up to 2.0 m high; branchlets brownish, covered with bristly white hairs. Leaves green, leaflets 9 – 20, opposite, obovate or oblong – lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, pale green, clothed with white appressed hairs; stipules setaceous. Flowers purple or pale – pink, in erect, subsessile, long racemes; bracts minute. Calyx pubescent; segements as long as tube. Corolla hairy outside; keel obtuse and straight. Pods cylindric, appressed hairy or glabrescent, 6 – 12 seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaves green, leaflets 9 – 20, opposite, obovate or oblong – lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, pale green, clothed with white appressed hairs; stipules setaceous |
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