Indigofera hirsuta L.

English: Hairy Indigo

Mandarin: 硬毛木蓝 (ying mao mu lan)

Kingdom: Plantae (2656)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2569)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2165)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Indigofera (6)

            Epithet: hirsuta L. (5)

Synonyms: Anila hirsuta (L.)Kuntze, Indigofera ferruginea Schum. & Thonn., Indigofera fusca G.Don, Indigofera hirta Bojer, Indigofera indica Mill.

ferruginea => rust-coloured

fusca => dark, dusky, brown

hirsuta => having long distinct hairs, rough, hairy

hirta => with short or fairly stiff hairs, hairy but shorter than hirsute

indica => from or referring in some way to India

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: orange

Check for Indigofera hirsuta at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [282] Indigofera hirsuta - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
• [1611] Indigofera hirsuta - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.