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Indigofera tinctoria

Common Name(s):

Phonetic Spelling
in-di-GAH-feh-rah tink-TOR-ee-ah
Description

Articulata Indigo is a perennial shrub in the bean family (Fabaceae) native to Africa, Asia, Mexico and South America.

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#dye plant
 
pinnately compound leaves and a spike of pink pea flowers.
Indigofera tinctoria Himanshu Sarpotdar CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Download Image
pinnately compound leaves
Indigofera tinctoria Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0 Download Image
pinnately compound leaves and a spike of pink pea flowers.
Indigofera tinctoria Lauren Gutierrez CC BY-ND 2.0 Download Image
pinnately compound leaves and a spike of pink pea flowers.
Indigofera tinctoria Dinesh Valke CC-BY-SA 2.0 Download Image
Bucket of blue paste dye, & sprig of the plant next to it.
Dye from Indigofera tinctoria VanLap Hoàng CC BY 2.0 Download Image
Cultivars / Varieties:
Tags:
#dye plant
  • Attributes:
    Genus:
    Indigofera
    Species:
    tinctoria
    Family:
    Fabaceae
  • Leaves:
    Hairs Present:
    No
  • Stem:
    Stem Is Aromatic:
    No