Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Indigofera heterantha Brandis

Family: Papilionaceae Genus: Indigofera Species: Indigofera heterantha Brandis( शकिना )

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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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