Indigofera

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Noun

Indigofera - genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikesgenus Indigoferarosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsPapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceaeindigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria, indigo - deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye

Indigofera

a genus of shrubs or grasses of the family Leguminosae. The leaves are deciduous and, for the most part, compound imparipinnate; the flowers are monoecious, usually pink, purple, or white, and are found in axillary racemes. The fruit is a linearly cylindrical (rarely, almost spherical) bean. There are approximately 300 Indigofera species growing in tropical and subtropical regions.

In the USSR there are three species (I. gerardiana, I. potaninii, I. kirilowii) cultivated in the Crimea, Western Transcaucasia, and Middle Asia. Many Indigofera species contain the glycoside indican, which yields the blue dye indigo; the most important species are I. unctoria and I. anil.I

Indigofera

Related to Indigofera: Indigofera suffruticosa, Indigofera tinctoria

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Synonyms for Indigofera

noun genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes

Synonyms

genus Indigofera

Related Words

rosid dicot genus
Papilionoideae
subfamily Papilionoideae
indigo plant
Indigofera tinctoria
indigo