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OverviewAI-generated
*Indigofera tinctoria*, commonly known as true indigo, is a species within the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the genus *Indigofera* and is classified under the order Fabales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The plant is used as a dye and as a medicinal plant. Its flowering period is recorded as November through December.
The taxon range includes the Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangdong, and Gabon. Occurrence records have been documented in Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, St. Vincent - Grenadines, and the United States. These records are held by institutions such as CICY, MICH, ANSP, US, and UTEP. The species is distinct from indigo.
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Species
True Indigo
Indigofera tinctoria
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Fl. Per.: November-December.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,500
- With media
- 1,320
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- CICY, MICH, ANSP, US, UTEP, IBUNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, St. Vincent - Grenadines, United States, Jamaica, China, Puerto Rico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Indigofera
- Image
- Indigofera tinctoria1.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Indigofera tinctoria
- Commons category
- Indigofera tinctoria
- Commons gallery
- Indigofera tinctoria
- taxon common name
- நீலம்
- different from
- indigo
- short name
- I. tinctoria
- taxon range
- Gabon
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Indigofera tinctoria, also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Indigofera tinctoria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.