page_title: Indigofera
section_title: Tethyan clade
hierarchical_section_title: Indigofera / Species / Tethyan clade
caption_attribution_description: I found this Indigofera spicata while photographing I. hirsuta. In fact, I thought it was the same species (I don't see well) until I looked at the photo later at home. I went back the next day to get the foliage shot. This species is native is to Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius &amp; Yemen but naturalized in other parts of the tropics. It is used for green manure, erosion control and is a minor source of indigo dye. Apparently it is toxic to herbivores if too much is eaten. I hope the local cottontail rabbits don't eat it. A pretty flower but it must be banished to the Hall of Weeds! Juno Dunes Natural Area, Palm Beach County.
context_page_description: Indigofera is a large genus of over 750 species of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
context_section_description: Indigofera achyranthoides Taub.
  Indigofera alternans DC.
  Indigofera ammoxylum (DC.) Polhill
  Indigofera anabibensis A.Schreib.
  Indigofera angulosa Edgew.
  Indigofera antunesiana Harms
  Indigofera arabica Jaub. & Spach
  Indigofera aspera DC.
  Indigofera asperifolia Benth.
  var. asperifolia Benth.
  var. lanceolata Chodat & Hassler
  var. macrophylla Chodat & Hassler
  Indigofera auricoma E.Mey.
  Indigofera bemarahaensis Du Puy & Labat
  Indigofera bongardiana (Kuntze) Burkart
  Indigofera bongensis Kotschy & Peyr.
  Indigofera cerighellii M.Pelt.
  Indigofera cloiselii Drake
  Indigofera conjugata Baker
  var. conjugata Baker
  var. schweinfurthii (Taub.) J.B. Gillett
  var. trimorphophylla (Taub.) J.B. Gillett
  Indigofera cordifolia Roth
  Indigofera daleoides Harv.
  Indigofera dalzellii T.Cooke
  Indigofera depauperata Drake
  Indigofera depressa Harv.
  Indigofera dionaeifolia (S. Moore) Schrire
  Indigofera diphylla Vent.
  Indigofera disticha Eckl. & Zeyh.
  Indigofera diversifolia DC.
  Indigofera drepanocarpa Taub.
  Indigofera ewartiana Domin
  Indigofera exellii Torre
  Indigofera fanshawei J.B.Gillett
  Indigofera glandulosa Wendl.
  var. glandulosa Wendl.
  var. sykesii Baker
  Indigofera glaucescens Eckl. & Zeyh.
  Indigofera guaranitica Hassl.
  Indigofera gypsacea Thulin
  Indigofera hartwegii Rydb.
  Indigofera hiranensis Thulin
  Indigofera hochstetteri Baker
  subsp. hochstetteri Baker
  subsp. streyana (Merxm.) A.Schreib.
  Indigofera hololeuca Harv.
  Indigofera humbertiana M.Pelt.
  Indigofera interrupta (Du Puy, Labat & Schrire) Schrire
  Indigofera jamaicensis Spreng.
  Indigofera kelleri Baker f.
  Indigofera leptocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh.
  Indigofera leptosepala Nutt.
  Indigofera lespedezioides Kunth
  var. acutifolia Hassler
  var. lespedezioides Kunth
  Indigofera leucoclada Baker
  Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz.
  Indigofera linnaei Ali
  Indigofera longidentata (Du Puy, Labat & Schrire) Schrire
  Indigofera lupatana Baker f.
  Indigofera mahafalensis (Du Puy, Labat & Schrire) Schrire
  Indigofera marmorata Balf.f.
  Indigofera microcarpa Desv.
  Indigofera miniata Ortega—coastal indigo, scarlet-pea
  Indigofera nephrocarpa Balf.f.
  Indigofera nephrocarpoides J.B.Gillett
  Indigofera nummularia Baker
  Indigofera obcordata Eckl. & Zeyh.
  Indigofera oblongifolia Forssk.
  Indigofera praticola Baker f.
  Indigofera pseudocompressa (Du Puy, Labat & Schrire) Schrire
  Indigofera pungens E.Mey.
  Indigofera schimperi Jaub. & Spach
  Indigofera semitrijuga Forssk.
  Indigofera sessiliflora DC.
  Indigofera spicata Forssk.
  Indigofera spiniflora Boiss.
  Indigofera spinosa Forssk.
  Indigofera squalida Prain
  Indigofera subulata Vahl ex Poir.
  Indigofera tephrosioides Kunth
  Indigofera thomsonii Baker f.
  Indigofera torulosa E.Mey.
  var. angustiloba (Baker f.) J.B.Gillett
  var. torulosa E.Mey.
  Indigofera trifoliata L.—threeleaf indigo
  var. duthiei (Naik) Sanjappa
  var. trifoliata L.
  var. unifoliolata (Merr.) De Kort & G.Thijsse
  Indigofera trigonelloides Jaub. & Spach
  Indigofera trita L.f.—Asian indigo
  var. maffei (Chiov.) Ali
  var. marginulata (Wight & Arn.) Sanjappa
  var. scabra (Roth) De Kort & G.Thijsse
  var. trita L.f.
  Indigofera volkensii Taub.
caption: Indigofera spicata
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