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Internal ID UUID643fd9ac0b2fc634144300
Scientific name Indigofera heterantha
Authority Wall. ex Brandis
First published in Forest Fl. N.W. India: 135 (1874)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Indigofera gerardiana var. heterantha (Brandis) Baker J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India2: 100 (1876)
Indigofera himalayensis var. retusa S.Biswas Indian J. Forest.6: 322 (1983 publ. 1984)
Indigofera rubro-violacea Dunn Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew1922: 117 (1922)
Indigofera macrostachya Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 44 (1804)
Indigofera roylei Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 335 (1893)
Indigofera macrostachys Vent. Jard. Malmaison : t. 44 (1804)
Anil macrostachya (Vent.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 938 (1891)
Indigofera gerardiana Graham ex Baker Fl. Brit. India 2: 100 (1876)
Indigofera heterantha var. gerardiana Ali Fl. W. Pakistan 100: 83 (1977)
Indigofera quadrangularis Graham Numer. List : n.° 5483 (1831)
Indigofera coronillifolia G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs 1[Polypet.]: 119 (1894)

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Language Common/alternative name
English himalayan indigo
Azerbaijani jerari indiqoferası
Persian نیل هیمالیا
Lithuanian Įvairiadyglė indigažolė
Swedish rosenindigo
Thai ครามหิมาลัย
Chinese 异花木蓝
Chinese 异花木兰

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000186748
Tropicos 13020810
INPN 103584
Flora of Italy 10272
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60473623-2
The Plant List ild-33239
PFAF Indigofera heterantha
Open Tree Of Life 197230
NCBI Taxonomy 198880
IUCN Red List 169273977
IPNI 499444-1
iNaturalist 402777
GBIF 2972405
Freebase /m/0p8sx3v
EPPO INDHT
EOL 644010
USDA GRIN 311552
Wikipedia Indigofera_heterantha

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“Purplish Blue” or “Greenish Grey”? Indigo Qualities and Extraction Yields from Six Species Hartl A, Polleichtner A, Novak J Plants (Basel) 22-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11013892
doi:10.3390/plants13070918
PMID:38611450
Habitat suitability modelling of Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) in moist temperate forest Badrulislam, Khan KA, Khalil S, Hussain M, Saqib Z, Altaf J, Hadi R, Habiba U PLoS One 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10868740
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296921
PMID:38359051
In-vitro evaluation of Indigofera heterantha extracts for antibacterial, antifungal and anthelmintic activities Bhat SA, Zargar MI, Wani SU, Mohiuddin I, Masoodi MH, Shakeel F, Ali M, Mehdi S J Pharm Health Care Sci 24-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10809583
doi:10.1186/s40780-024-00328-y
PMID:38268049
Ethno-Dentistry of Medicinal Plants Used in North Waziristan, Pakistan Rehman S, Iqbal Z, Qureshi R, AlOmar TS, Almasoud N, Younas M, Rauf A, Irfan M Int Dent J 11-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10988256
doi:10.1016/j.identj.2023.10.001
PMID:37953188
Vegetation–environment interactions: plant species distribution and community assembly in mixed coniferous forests of Northwestern Himalayas Rahman IU, Hart RE, Afzal A, Iqbal Z, Bussmann RW, Ijaz F, Khan MA, Ali H, Rahman SU, Hashem A, Abd-Allah EF, Sher A, Calixto ES Sci Rep 11-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10567734
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-42272-1
PMID:37821469
Effect of in vitro simulated digestion on the anti-Helicobacter Pylori activity of different Propolis extracts Governa P, Romagnoli G, Albanese P, Rossi F, Manetti F, Biagi M J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 14-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10026752
doi:10.1080/14756366.2023.2183810
PMID:36916299
A Systematic Review of Second-Line Treatments in Antiviral Resistant Strains of HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV Lince KC, DeMario VK, Yang GT, Tran RT, Nguyen DT, Sanderson JN, Pittman R, Sanchez RL Cureus 09-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10082683
doi:10.7759/cureus.35958
PMID:37041924
Exploring soil bacterial diversity in different micro-vegetational habitats of Dachigam National Park in North-western Himalaya Mushtaq H, Ganai BA, Jehangir A Sci Rep 22-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9947166
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-30187-w
PMID:36813837
Vegetation dynamics and soil nutrient availability in a temperate forest along altitudinal gradient of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Western Himalaya, India Maletha A, Maikhuri RK, Bargali SS, Sharma A, Negi VS, Rawat LS PLoS One 07-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9544032
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275051
PMID:36206256
Ethnoveterinary Practices of Medicinal Plants Among Tribes of Tribal District of North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Rehman S, Iqbal Z, Qureshi R, Rahman IU, Sakhi S, Khan I, Hashem A, Al-Arjani AB, Almutairi KF, Abd_Allah EF, Ali N, Khan MA, Ijaz F Front Vet Sci 25-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8990162
doi:10.3389/fvets.2022.815294
PMID:35400104
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Plant Resources among Five Ethnic Groups in the Western Himalayan Region of Jammu and Kashmir Haq SM, Hassan M, Bussmann RW, Calixto ES, Rahman IU, Sakhi S, Ijaz F, Hashem A, Al-Arjani AB, Almutairi KF, Abd_Allah EF, Aziz MA, Ali N Biology (Basel) 23-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9032642
doi:10.3390/biology11040491
PMID:35453691
Environmental variables drive plant species composition and distribution in the moist temperate forests of Northwestern Himalaya, Pakistan Rahman IU, Hart RE, Ijaz F, Afzal A, Iqbal Z, Calixto ES, Abd_Allah EF, Alqarawi AA, Hashem A, Al-Arjani AB, Kausar R, Haq SM PLoS One 24-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8870539
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260687
PMID:35202409
Indigenous knowledge and quantitative ethnobotany of the Tanawal area, Lesser Western Himalayas, Pakistan Bibi F, Abbas Z, Harun N, Perveen B, Bussmann RW PLoS One 22-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8863293
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263604
PMID:35192648
Effects of environmental and spatial gradients on Quercus-dominated Mountain forest communities in the Hindu-Kush ranges of Pakistan Rahman A, Khan N, Bräuning A, Ullah R, Rahman IU Saudi J Biol Sci 12-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC9073057
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.01.013
PMID:35531177
Classification and Characterization of the Manoor Valley’s (Lesser Himalaya) Vegetation from the Subtropical-Temperate Ecotonal Forests to the Alpine Pastures along Ecological Variables Rahman IU, Afzal A, Iqbal Z, Alzain MN, Al-Arjani AB, Alqarawi AA, Abd_Allah EF, Ali N, Sakhi S, Khan MA, Khan U, Ijaz F, Mumtaz S, Calixto ES Plants (Basel) 28-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8747448
doi:10.3390/plants11010087
PMID:35009089

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