Pan India Bouquets

Indigofera dosua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Indigofera dosua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Vernacular name : Kathewat, Kati,Theot (Hindi); Chiringi jhar, Dusi swan (Nepali); Mattu, Shagali, Jhenti, Kaskeri (Punjabi)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Valleys lined with evergreen forests, grasslands, disturbed areas on slopes of valleys between 500-2800 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Also grows along roadside banks
Flower, Fruit : April-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to China (West Yunnan) and Sumatera
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 107; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 664
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Indigofera dosua. Downloaded on 10 December 2023.