Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Indigofera fusca	G.Don	Gen. Hist.2: 211 (1832)
Anila hirsuta	(L.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 160. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Indigofera hirsuta var. pumila	Baker	D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr.2: 89 (1871)
Indigofera indica	Mill.	Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 4 (1768)
Anil hirsuta	(L.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 160 (1891)
Indigofera barbata	Desv.	Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris)9: 410 (1826)
Indigofera rhodosantha	Zipp. ex Miq.	Fl. Ned. Ind.1(1): 305 (1855)
Indigofera ferruginea	Schumach. & Thonn.	C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 370 (1827)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	roughhairy indigo
Thai	ครามขน
Chinese	刚毛木蓝
Chinese	毛木蓝
Chinese	硬毛木蓝
Chinese	硬叶木蓝
Chinese	铁箭岩陀
Chinese	毛木藍
Chinese	假绿豆草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Ethiopia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Free State
  - Namibia
  - Northern Provinces
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Ivory Coast
  - Liberia
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Congo
  - Equatorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Zaïre
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Chagos Archipelago
  - Comoros
  - Madagascar
  - Mauritius
  - Réunion

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - China South-central
  - China Southeast
  - Hainan
- Eastern Asia
  - Nansei-shoto
  - Taiwan

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - India
  - Sri Lanka
  - West Himalaya
- Indo-China
  - Cambodia
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - South China Sea
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo
  - Christmas Island
  - Cocos (keeling) Islands
  - Jawa
  - Lesser Sunda Islands
  - Malaya
  - Philippines
  - Sulawesi
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago
  - New Guinea

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland
  - Western Australia

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast
  - Mexico Southwest
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama
  - Florida
  - Georgia
  - South Carolina

Pacific click to expand
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Nauru
  - New Caledonia
  - Niue

Southern America click to expand
- Brazil
  - Brazil North
  - Brazil Northeast
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
  - Brazil West-central
- Caribbean
  - Leeward Islands
  - Puerto Rico
  - Windward Islands
- Central America
  - Costa Rica
  - Honduras
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana
  - Venezuela
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000192713
Florida Plant Atlas	1663
Flora of Alabama	1969
USDA Plants	INHI
Tropicos	13020821
INPN	446764
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499456-1
The Plant List	ild-3929
Open Tree Of Life	1011944
Observations.org	396510
NCBI Taxonomy	539088
Nature Serve	2.132395
IPNI	499456-1
iNaturalist	131578
GBIF	2972082
EPPO	INDHI
EOL	8686352
Elurikkus	345021
USDA GRIN	20017
Wikipedia	Indigofera_hirsuta

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title

Authors

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Geometric entropy of plant leaves: A measure of morphological complexity

Muraleedharan V, Rajan SC, R J

PLoS One

02-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10760904
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0293596
PMID:	38166118

Woody species diversity and regeneration status of Sub-Alpine forest of Mount Adama exclosure site, Northwestern highlands of Ethiopia

Mengistu DA, Bekele DA, Gela AG, Meshesha DT, Getahun MM

Heliyon

20-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10220367
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16473
PMID:	37251442

Advancements in nanoparticle-based treatment approaches for skin cancer therapy

Zeng L, Gowda BH, Ahmed MG, Abourehab MA, Chen ZS, Zhang C, Li J, Kesharwani P

Mol Cancer

12-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9835394
doi:	10.1186/s12943-022-01708-4
PMID:	36635761

Ethnobotanical investigation of medicinal plants in Buska Mountain range, Hamar district, Southwestern Ethiopia

Bekele M, Woldeyes F, Lulekal E, Bekele T, Demissew S

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

19-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9484237
doi:	10.1186/s13002-022-00558-0
PMID:	36123732

Therapeutic potential of biogenic and optimized silver nanoparticles using Rubia cordifolia L. leaf extract

Chandraker SK, Lal M, Khanam F, Dhruve P, Singh RP, Shukla R

Sci Rep

25-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9133087
doi:	10.1038/s41598-022-12878-y
PMID:	35614187

Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa

Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT

Plants (Basel)

23-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9143319
doi:	10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:	35631812

Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria

Lawal IO, Rafiu BO, Ale JE, Majebi OE, Aremu AO

Plants (Basel)

25-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8912796
doi:	10.3390/plants11050633
PMID:	35270103

Review of herbal medicine works in the avian species

Hartady T, Syamsunarno MR, Priosoeryanto BP, Jasni S, Balia RL

Vet World

11-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8743764
doi:	10.14202/vetworld.2021.2889-2906
PMID:	35017836

Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Orobanche foetida Populations From Tunisia Using RADseq

Boukteb A, Sakaguchi S, Ichihashi Y, Kharrat M, Nagano AJ, Shirasu K, Bouhadida M

Front Plant Sci

13-Apr-2021

PMCID:	PMC8078179
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2021.618245
PMID:	33927733

Determination of Cytotoxic Activity of Selected Isoquinoline Alkaloids and Plant Extracts Obtained from Various Parts of Mahonia aquifolium Collected in Various Vegetation Seasons

Tuzimski T, Petruczynik A, Kaproń B, Makuch-Kocka A, Szultka-Młyńska M, Misiurek J, Szymczak G, Buszewski B

Molecules

04-Feb-2021

PMCID:	PMC7915140
doi:	10.3390/molecules26040816
PMID:	33557343

Impacts of growth form and phylogenetic relatedness on seed germination: A large‐scale analysis of a subtropical regional flora

Wang J, Xu G, Chen W, Ma Y, Qi W, Zhang C, Cui X

Ecol Evol

07-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC7863672
doi:	10.1002/ece3.7132
PMID:	33598130

Pest categorisation of the non‐EU phytoplasmas of tuber‐forming Solanum spp.

Bragard C, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Bosco D, Chiumenti M, Di Serio F, Galetto L, Marzachì C, Pautasso M, Jacques M

EFSA J

23-Dec-2020

PMCID:	PMC7757785
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6356
PMID:	33376553

Effect of Cultural Practices on Neopamera bilobata in Relation to Fruit Injury and Marketable Yields in Organic Strawberries

Talton HR, Rhodes EM, Chase CA, Swisher ME, Renkema JM, Liburd OE

Insects

28-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7761195
doi:	10.3390/insects11120843
PMID:	33260728

Silver Nanoparticles: Mechanism of Action and Probable Bio-Application

Mikhailova EO

J Funct Biomater

26-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7711612
doi:	10.3390/jfb11040084
PMID:	33255874

Draft Genome Sequence of Bradyrhizobium elkanii BR 2003, an Efficient Rhizobium Strain for Cajanus, Canavalia, Crotalaria, and Indigofera

Zilli JÉ, Simoes-Araujo JL, Rouws LF, de Barros Soares LH

Microbiol Resour Announc

12-Mar-2020

PMCID:	PMC7067958
doi:	10.1128/MRA.01565-19
PMID:	32165390

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alanine and derivatives
(2S)-2-(phenylazaniumyl)propanoate	6946449	Click to see CC(C(=O)[O-])[NH2+]C1=CC=CC=C1	165.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
Alanine	5950	Click to see CC(C(=O)O)N	89.09	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
D-alanine	71080	Click to see CC(C(=O)O)N	89.09	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids
2-Aminoheptanedioic acid	101122	Click to see C(CCC(=O)O)CC(C(=O)O)N	175.18	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids / L-alpha-amino acids
Arginine	6322	Click to see C(CC(C(=O)O)N)CN=C(N)N	174.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
Indospicine	108010	Click to see C(CCC(=N)N)CC(C(=O)O)N	173.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
L-canavanine	439202	Click to see C(CON=C(N)N)C(C(=O)O)N	176.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
Lysine	5962	Click to see C(CCN)CC(C(=O)O)N	146.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
Threonine	6288	Click to see CC(C(C(=O)O)N)O	119.12	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Aspartic acid and derivatives
Aspartic Acid	5960	Click to see C(C(C(=O)O)N)C(=O)O	133.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
D-Aspartic acid	83887	Click to see C(C(C(=O)O)N)C(=O)O	133.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Glutamic acid and derivatives
Glutamic Acid	33032	Click to see C(CC(=O)O)C(C(=O)O)N	147.13	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Histidine and derivatives
Histidine	6274	Click to see C1=C(NC=N1)CC(C(=O)O)N	155.15	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Isoleucine and derivatives
l-Isoleucine	6306	Click to see CCC(C)C(C(=O)O)N	131.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Leucine and derivatives
Leucine	6106	Click to see CC(C)CC(C(=O)O)N	131.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Methionine and derivatives
D-Methionine	84815	Click to see CSCCC(C(=O)O)N	149.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
Methionine	6137	Click to see CSCCC(C(=O)O)N	149.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Phenylalanine and derivatives
D-phenylalanine	71567	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CC(C(=O)O)N	165.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Proline and derivatives
Proline	145742	Click to see C1CC(NC1)C(=O)O	115.13	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Serine and derivatives
Serine	5951	Click to see C(C(C(=O)O)N)O	105.09	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Tyrosine and derivatives
Tyrosine	6057	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1CC(C(=O)O)N)O	181.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Valine and derivatives
Valine	6287	Click to see CC(C)C(C(=O)O)N	117.15	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Cysteine and derivatives
Cysteine	5862	Click to see C(C(C(=O)O)N)S	121.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002
D-cysteine	92851	Click to see C(C(C(=O)O)N)S	121.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF60189A002

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