Indigofera Macrophylla

''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.

Description

Species of ''Indigofera'' are mostly shrubs, though some are small trees or herbaceous perennials or annuals. Most have pinnate leaves. Racemes of flowers grow in the leaf axils, in hues of red, but there are a few white- and yellow-flowered species. The fruit is a legume pod of varying size and shape.

''Indigofera'' is a varied genus that has shown unique characteristics making it an interesting candidate as a potential perennial crop. Specifically, there is diverse variation among species with a number of unique characteristics. Some examples of this diversity include differences in pericarp thickness, fruit type, and flowering morphology. The unique characteristics it has displayed include potential for mixed smallholder systems with at least one other species and a resilience that allows for constant nitrogen uptake despite varying conditions.

One example of its unique flowering morphology is an open carpel not often seen elsewhere. In addition, it appears that the organ primordial is often formed at deeper layers than other eudicots. This variety could have significant implications on its role in an actual perennial polyculture. For example, different flowering morphologies could be artificially selected for in varying directions in order to better fit in different environmental conditions and with different populations of other plants.

The types of fruit produced by different species of ''Indigofera'' can also be divided into broad categories that again show great variation. The three basic types of fruit categories can be separated by their curvature including straight, slightly curved, and falcate (sickle-shaped). In addition, several of the species including ''Indigofera microcarpa'', ''Indigofera suffruticosa'', and ''Indigofera enneaphylla'' have shown delayed dehiscence (maturing) of fruits This variation could again allow for artificial selection of the most abundant and nutritious fruit types and shapes.

Another way to categorize ''Indigofera'' is by its pericarp thickness. The pericarp (the tissue from the ovary that surrounds the seeds) can be categorized as type I, type II, and type III with type I having the thinnest pericarp and fewest layers of schlerenchymatous (stiff) tissue and type III having the thickest pericarp and most schlerenchymatous layers. Despite the previous examples of delayed dehiscence, most fruits of this genus show normal explosive dehiscence to disperse seeds. Similar to fruit shape, the variation in fruit sizes allows for the thickest and most bountiful fruits to be selected.

Uses

Indigo dye

Several species, especially ''Indigofera tinctoria'' and ''Indigofera suffruticosa'', are used to produce the dye indigo. Scraps of Indigo-dyed fabric likely dyed with plants from the genus ''Indigofera'' discovered at Huaca Prieta predate Egyptian indigo-dyed fabrics by more than 1,500 years. Colonial planters in the Caribbean grew indigo and transplanted its cultivation when they settled in the colony of South Carolina and North Carolina where people of the Tuscarora confederacy adopted the dyeing process for head wraps and clothing. Exports of the crop did not expand until the mid-to late 18th century. When Eliza Lucas Pinckney and enslaved Africans successfully cultivated new strains near Charleston it became the second most important cash crop in the colony (after rice) before the American Revolution. It comprised more than one-third of all exports in value.

The chemical aniline, from which many important dyes are derived, was first synthesized from ''Indigofera suffruticosa'' (syn. ''Indigofera anil'', whence the name aniline).

In Indonesia, the Sundanese use ''Indigofera tinctoria'' (known locally as tarum or nila) as dye for batik. Marco Polo was the first to report on the preparation of indigo in India. Indigo was quite often used in European easel painting during the Middle Ages.

Species

''Indigofera'' comprises the following species:

Palaeotropical clade

* '' Indigofera argentea'' Burm.f.
* ''Indigofera atriceps'' Hook.f.

** subsp. ''atriceps'' Hook.f.
** subsp. ''glandulosissima'' (R.E.Fr.) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''kaessneri'' (Baker f.) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''ramosa'' (Cronquist) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''rhodesiaca'' J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''setosissima'' (Harms) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''ufipaensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera bainesii'' Baker
* ''Indigofera basiflora'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera biglandulosa'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera bracteolata'' DC.
* ''Indigofera brevicalyx'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera brevipatentes''
* ''Indigofera colutea'' (Burm.f.) Merr.—rusty indigo, sticky indigo
* ''Indigofera compressa'' Lam.
* ''Indigofera congesta'' Baker
* ''Indigofera demissa'' Taub.
* ''Indigofera eremophila'' Thulin
* '' Indigofera erythrogramma'' Baker

* ''Indigofera gairdnerae'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera glabra'' L.
* ''Indigofera grata'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera hermannioides'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera heterotricha'' DC.
* ''Indigofera heudelotii'' Baker
* ''Indigofera hilaris'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
** var. ''hilaris'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
** var. ''microscypha'' (Baker) J.B. Gillett
* '' Indigofera inhambanensis'' Klotzsch
* ''Indigofera kirkii'' Oliv.

* ''Indigofera leucotricha'' E.Pritzel
* ''Indigofera macrocalyx'' Guill. & Perr.
* ''Indigofera microcalyx'' Baker
* ''Indigofera mildbraediana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera mimosoides'' Baker
* ''Indigofera monantha'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera mooneyi'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera montoya'' Spanish Indigo
* ''Indigofera mysorensis'' DC.
* '' Indigofera nebrowniana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera nigritana'' Hook.f.
* ''Indigofera nyassica'' Gilli
* ''Indigofera omissa'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera paniculata'' Pers.
** subsp. ''gazensis'' (Baker f.) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''paniculata'' Pers.
* ''Indigofera phymatodea'' Thulin
* '' Indigofera podophylla'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera poliotes'' Eckl. & Zeyh.

* '' Indigofera pulchra'' Willd.
* ''Indigofera quarrei'' Cronquist

* ''Indigofera rothii'' Baker
* ''Indigofera rubroglandulosa'' Germish.

* ''Indigofera simplicifolia'' Lam.
* ''Indigofera strobilifera'' (Hochst.) Baker
** subsp. ''lanuginosa'' (Baker f.) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''strobilifera'' (Hochst.) Baker
* '' Indigofera suaveolens'' Jaub. & Spach
* ''Indigofera tanganyikensis'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera tetrasperma'' Pers.
* ''Indigofera trachyphylla'' Oliv.
* ''Indigofera uniflora'' Roxb.

* ''Indigofera vohemarensis'' Baill.
* '' Indigofera wightii'' Wight & Arn.
* ''Indigofera wituensis'' Baker f.

Pantropical clade

* ''Indigofera amblyantha'' Craib
* ''Indigofera amorphoides'' Jaub. & Spach

* ''Indigofera arrecta'' A.Rich.—Natal indigo, Bengal indigo, Java indigo
* ''Indigofera articulata'' Gouan
* ''Indigofera astragalina'' DC.
* ''Indigofera atropurpurea'' Hornem.
* ''Indigofera australis'' Willd.—Australian indigo
* ''Indigofera baumiana'' Harms
* ''Indigofera binderi'' Kotschy
* ''Indigofera blanchetiana'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera bojeri'' Baker
* ''Indigofera boranica'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera bosseri'' Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera boviperda'' Morrison
* ''Indigofera byobiensis'' Hosok.
* ''Indigofera caloneura'' Kurz
* '' Indigofera caroliniana'' Mill.—Carolina indigo
* ''Indigofera cassioides'' DC.

* ''Indigofera cavallii'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera coerulea'' Roxb.
** var. ''coerulea'' Roxb.
** var. ''monosperma'' (Santapau) Santapau
** var. ''occidentalis'' J.B.Gillett & Ali
* ''Indigofera conzattii'' Rose
* ''Indigofera cuernavacana'' Rose
* ''Indigofera cylindracea'' Baker
* ''Indigofera decora'' Lindl.—Chinese indigo
** var. ''chalara'' (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
** var. ''cooperi'' (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
** var. ''decora'' Lindl.
** var. ''ichangensis'' (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera deightonii'' J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''deightonii'' J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''rhodesica'' J.B.Gillett
* '' Indigofera dendroides'' Jacq.

* ''Indigofera dosua'' D.Don
** var. ''dosua'' D.Don
** var. ''simlensis'' (Ali) Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera emarginella'' A.Rich.
* ''Indigofera frondosa'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera frutescens'' L.f.
* ''Indigofera fulgens'' Baker
** subsp. ''brachybotrys'' (Baker) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''fulgens'' Baker
* ''Indigofera galegoides'' DC.
* ''Indigofera georgei'' E.Pritz.

* ''Indigofera grandiflora'' B.H.Choi & S.K.Cho
* ''Indigofera haplophylla'' F.Muell.
* ''Indigofera hebepetala'' Baker
** var. ''glabra'' Ali
** var. ''hebepetala'' Baker
* ''Indigofera hedyantha'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera heterantha'' Brandis—Himalayan indigo
* ''Indigofera himalayensis'' Ali
* ''Indigofera hirsuta'' L.—hairy indigo, rough hairy indigo
* ''Indigofera homblei'' Baker f. & Martin

* '' Indigofera ixocarpa'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera jucunda'' Schrire
* ''Indigofera karnatakana'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera kirilowii'' Maxim ex Palib.—Kirilow's indigo
* ''Indigofera koreana'' Ohwi—Korean indigo
* '' Indigofera lacei'' Craib
* ''Indigofera langebergensis'' L.Bolus
* '' Indigofera laxiracemosa'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera leprieurii'' Baker f.

* ''Indigofera longiracemosa'' Baill.
* ''Indigofera lyallii'' Baker
** subsp. ''lyallii'' Baker
** subsp. ''nyassica'' J.B.Gillett
* '' Indigofera longibarbata'' Engl.
* ''Indigofera longimucronata'' Baker f.
* '' Indigofera macrophylla'' Schum. & Thonn.

* ''Indigofera mangokyensis'' "R.Vig., p.p.A"

* '' Indigofera melanadenia'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera natalensis'' Bolus
* '' Indigofera nigrescens'' King & Prain
* '' Indigofera pendula'' Franch.
** var. ''pendula'' Franch.
** var. ''umbrosa'' (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng

* '' Indigofera platycarpa'' Rose
* ''Indigofera podocarpa'' Baker f. & Martin
* '' Indigofera pratensis'' F.Muell.

* ''Indigofera rhynchocarpa'' Baker
** var. ''latipinna'' (Johnson) J.B.Gillett
** var. ''rhynchocarpa'' Baker
** var. ''uluguruensis'' J.B.Gillett

* ''Indigofera roseocaerulea'' Baker f.

* ''Indigofera rugosa'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera sanguinea'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera schlechteri'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera sedgewickiana'' Vatke
* ''Indigofera setiflora'' Baker
* ''Indigofera sokotrana'' Vierh.
* '' Indigofera sootepensis'' Craib
* ''Indigofera stenophylla'' Guill. & Perr.
* ''Indigofera subcorymbosa'' Baker
* ''Indigofera suffruticosa'' Mill.—anil indigo, ''anil de pasto''

* ''Indigofera sutherlandoides'' Baker
* ''Indigofera swaziensis'' Bolus
** subsp. ''perplexa'' (N.E.Br.) J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''swaziensis'' Bolus

* ''Indigofera thibaudiana'' DC.
* ''Indigofera tinctoria'' L.—indigo, true indigo, dye indigo
** subsp. ''arcuata'' (J.B.Gillett) Schrire
** subsp. ''tinctoria'' L.
* ''Indigofera tristis'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera truxillensis'' Kunth
* ''Indigofera varia'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera venulosa'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera verrucosa'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera verruculosa'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera vicioides'' Jaub. & Spach
** var. ''rogersii'' R.E.Fr.
** var. ''vicioides'' Jaub. & Spach
* ''Indigofera zeyheri'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera zollingeriana'' Miq.—Zollinger's indigo

Cape clade

* ''Indigofera alopecuroides'' (Burm.f.) DC.
* ''Indigofera alpina'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera amoena'' Aiton
* ''Indigofera angustata'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera angustifolia'' L.
** var. ''angustifolia'' L.
** var. ''tenuifolia'' (Lam.) Harv.

* '' Indigofera brachystachya'' (DC.) E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera burchellii'' DC.
* ''Indigofera candolleana'' Meissner
* '' Indigofera capillaris'' Thunb.

* ''Indigofera concava'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera cuneifolia'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera cytisoides'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera declinata'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera denudata'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera digitata'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera dimidiata'' Walp.
* ''Indigofera filicaulis'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera filifolia'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera flabellata'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera gifbergensis'' C.H.Stirt. & Jarvie
* ''Indigofera glomerata'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera heterophylla'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera hispida'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera ionii'' Jarvie & C.H.Stirt.
* ''Indigofera mauritanica'' (L.) Thunb.
* ''Indigofera merxmuelleri'' Annelis Schreiber, A.Schreib.
* ''Indigofera meyeriana'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera mollis'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera nigromontana'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera nudicaulis'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera ovata'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera porrecta'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera psoraloides'' (L.) L.
* ''Indigofera sarmentosa'' L.f.

* ''Indigofera sulcata'' DC.
* ''Indigofera superba'' C.H.Stirt.

Tethyan clade

* ''Indigofera achyranthoides'' Taub.
* ''Indigofera alternans'' DC.
* ''Indigofera ammoxylum'' (DC.) Polhill
* ''Indigofera anabibensis'' Annelis Schreiber, 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.) Annelis Schreiber, 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.

Unassigned

* ''Indigofera acanthinocarpa'' Blatt.

* ''Indigofera acanthoclada'' Dinter
* ''Indigofera accepta'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera acutiflora'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera acutipetala'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera adenocarpa'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera adenoides'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera adesmiifolia'' A.Gray
* ''Indigofera ambelacensis'' Schweinf.
* ''Indigofera amitina'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera ammobia'' Maconochie

* ''Indigofera ancistrocarpa'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera andrewsiana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera andringitrensis'' R.Vig.
* ''Indigofera ankaratrensis'' R.Vig.

* ''Indigofera aquae-nitentis'' Bremek.
* ''Indigofera aralensis'' Gagnep.
* ''Indigofera arenophila'' Schinz
* ''Indigofera argutidens'' Craib

* ''Indigofera aristata'' Spreng.
* ''Indigofera arnottii'' (Kuntze) Peter G. Wilson
* ''Indigofera aspalathoides'' DC.
* ''Indigofera asterocalycina'' Gilli
* ''Indigofera atrata'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera atricephala'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera baileyi'' F.Muell.
* ''Indigofera balfouriana'' Craib
* ''Indigofera bancroftii'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera bangweolensis'' R.E.Fr.
* ''Indigofera banii'' N.D.Khoi & Yakovlev
* ''Indigofera barteri'' Hutch. & Dalziel
* ''Indigofera basedowii'' E.Pritz.
** subsp. ''basedowii'' E.Pritz.
** subsp. ''longibractea'' (J.Black) Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera bayensis'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera bella'' Prain
* ''Indigofera benguellensis'' Baker
* ''Indigofera berhautiana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera bijuga'' Walp.
* ''Indigofera blaiseae'' Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera bogdanii'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera boinensis'' R.Vig.
* ''Indigofera brachynema'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera bracteata'' Baker
* ''Indigofera brassii'' Baker
* ''Indigofera brevidens'' Benth.
** var. ''brevidens'' Benth.
** var. ''uncinata'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera brevifilamenta'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera breviracemosa'' Torre
* ''Indigofera breviviscosa'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera brunoniana'' Wall.
* ''Indigofera buchananii'' Burtt Davy
* ''Indigofera bungeana'' Walp.

* ''Indigofera burttii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera bussei'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera calcicola'' Craib
* ''Indigofera campestris'' Benth.
** var. ''angustifolia'' M.Micheli
** var. ''campestris'' Benth.
** var. ''intermedia'' Hassler
* ''Indigofera candicans'' Aiton
* ''Indigofera capitata'' Kotschy
* ''Indigofera carlesi'' Craib
* ''Indigofera caudata'' Dunn
* ''Indigofera cecilii'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera cedrorum'' Dunn
* ''Indigofera chaetodonta'' Franch.
* ''Indigofera charlierana'' Schinz
** var. ''charlierana'' Schinz
** var. ''lata'' J.B.Gillett
** var. ''scaberrima'' (Schinz) J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera chenii'' S.S.Chien
* ''Indigofera chevalieri'' Tisser.
* ''Indigofera chirensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera chuniana'' F.P.Metcalf
* ''Indigofera ciferrii'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera cinerascens'' Franch.
* ''Indigofera circinella'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera circinnata'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera cliffordiana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera commixta'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera comosa'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera complanata'' Spreng.
* ''Indigofera complicata'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera concinna'' Baker
* ''Indigofera conferta'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera confusa'' Prain & Baker f.
* ''Indigofera congolensis'' De Wild. & T.Durand
** var. ''bongensis'' (Baker f.) J.B. Gillett
** var. ''congolensis'' De Wild. & T.Durand
* ''Indigofera constricta'' (Thwaites) Trimen
** var. ''constricta'' (Thwaites) Trimen
** var. ''deorum'' McVaugh
* ''Indigofera corallinosperma'' Torre
* ''Indigofera coronillifolia'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera costaricensis'' Benth.

* ''Indigofera crebra'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera crotalarioides'' (Klotzsch) Baker
* ''Indigofera cryptantha'' Harv.
** subsp. ''cryptantha'' Harv.
** subsp. ''desmodioides'' (Baker) Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera cuitoensis'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera cuneata'' Oliv.
* ''Indigofera cunenensis'' Torre
* ''Indigofera curvata'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera curvirostrata'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera cylindrica'' sensu auct.
* ''Indigofera damarana'' Merxm. & Annelis Schreiber, A.Schreib.
* ''Indigofera daochengensis'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera dasyantha'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera dasycephala'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera dauensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera deccanensis'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera deflersii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera dekindtii'' Tisser.
* ''Indigofera delagoaensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera delavayi'' Franch.
* ''Indigofera dembianensis'' (Chiov.) J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera densa'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera densiflora'' M.Martens & Galeotti
* ''Indigofera densifructa'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng

* ''Indigofera desertorum'' Torre

* ''Indigofera dichroa'' Craib
* ''Indigofera dillwynioides'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera discolor'' Rydb.
* ''Indigofera dissitiflora'' Oliv.
* ''Indigofera dolichochaete'' Craib
* ''Indigofera dolichothyrsa'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera dregeana'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera dumetorum'' Craib
* ''Indigofera dyeri'' Britten

* ''Indigofera efoliata'' F.Muell.
* ''Indigofera egens'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera elandsbergensis'' Phillipson
* ''Indigofera elliotii'' (Baker f.) J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera elwakensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera emarginata'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera emarginelloides'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera emmae'' De Kort & G.Thijsse
* ''Indigofera enormis'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera erecta'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera eriocarpa'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera esquirolii'' H.Lev.
* ''Indigofera evansiana'' Burtt Davy
* ''Indigofera evansii'' Schltr.
* ''Indigofera exigua'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera exilis'' Grierson & D.G.Long
* ''Indigofera eylesiana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera faulknerae'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera filiformis'' L.f.
* ''Indigofera filipes'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera flavicans'' Baker
* ''Indigofera floribunda'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera foliosa'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera forrestii'' Craib
* ''Indigofera fortunei'' Craib
* ''Indigofera fruticosa'' Rose
* ''Indigofera fulcrata'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera fulvopilosa'' Brenan
* ''Indigofera fuscosetosa'' Baker
* ''Indigofera galpinii'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera gangetica'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera garckeana'' Vatke
* ''Indigofera geminata'' Baker

* ''Indigofera giessii'' Annelis Schreiber, A.Schreib.
* ''Indigofera glaucifolia'' Cronquist
* ''Indigofera gloriosa'' Cronquist
* ''Indigofera goetzei'' Harms

* ''Indigofera gracilis'' Spreng.
* ''Indigofera graniticola'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera griseoides'' Harms
* ''Indigofera grisophylla'' Fourc.
* ''Indigofera guatemalensis'' Moc., Sessé & Cerv. ex Backer
* ''Indigofera guthriei'' Bolus
* ''Indigofera hamiltonii'' Duthie & Prain
* ''Indigofera hamulosa'' Schltr.
* ''Indigofera hancockii'' Craib
* ''Indigofera hantamensis'' Diels
* ''Indigofera helmsii'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera hendecaphylla'' Jacq.—trailing indigo, creeping indigo, spicate indigo
** var. ''hendecaphylla'' Jacq.
** var. ''siamensis'' (Hosseus) Gagnep.
* ''Indigofera henryi'' Craib
* ''Indigofera heterocarpa'' Baker
* ''Indigofera hewittii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera hinanensis'' H.T.Tsai & T.F.Yu
* ''Indigofera hofmanniana'' Schinz
* ''Indigofera holstii'' (Baker f.) Baker f.
* ''Indigofera holubii'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera howellii'' Craib & W.W.Sm.
* ''Indigofera huillensis'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera humifusa'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera humilis'' Kunth
* ''Indigofera hundtii'' Rossberg
* ''Indigofera hybrida'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera hygrobia'' Malme
* ''Indigofera imerinensis'' Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera incana'' Thunb.
* ''Indigofera incompta'' McVaugh

* ''Indigofera ingrata'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera insularis'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera intermedia'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera intricata'' Boiss.
* ''Indigofera inyangana'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera irodoensis'' Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera ischnoclada'' Harms
* ''Indigofera itremoensis'' Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera jaliscensis'' Rose
* ''Indigofera jikongensis'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera jindongensis'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera karkarensis'' (Thulin) Schrire
* ''Indigofera kasinii'' Boonyam.
* ''Indigofera kerrii'' De Kort & G.Thijsse
* ''Indigofera kerstingii'' Harms
* ''Indigofera knoblecheri'' Kotschy
* ''Indigofera kongwaensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera krookii'' Zahlbr.
* ''Indigofera kuntzei'' Harms
* ''Indigofera kurtzii'' Kuntze
* ''Indigofera lamellata'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera lancifolia'' Rydb.
* ''Indigofera lasiantha'' Desv.
* ''Indigofera latifolia'' Micheli
* ''Indigofera latisepala'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera laxiflora'' Craib
* ''Indigofera leendertziae'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera lenticellata'' Craib
* ''Indigofera lepida'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera leptoclada'' Harms
* ''Indigofera letestui'' Tisser.
* ''Indigofera leucotricha'' E.Pritz.
* ''Indigofera limosa'' L.Bolus
* ''Indigofera lindheimeriana'' Scheele—Lindheimer's indigo
* ''Indigofera litoralis'' Chun & T.Chen
* ''Indigofera livingstoniana'' J.B.Gillett

* ''Indigofera longicauda'' Thuan
* ''Indigofera longipedicellata'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera longipedunculata'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng

* ''Indigofera longistaminata'' Schrire
* ''Indigofera lotononoides'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera lughensis'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera luzonensis'' De Kort & G.Thijsse
* ''Indigofera lydenburgensis'' N.E.Br.

* ''Indigofera macrantha'' Harms
* ''Indigofera madagascariensis'' Vatke
* ''Indigofera malacostachys'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera malindiensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera malongensis'' Cronquist
* ''Indigofera manyoniensis'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera maritima'' Baker
* ''Indigofera masaiensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera masonae'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera matudae'' Lundell
* ''Indigofera maymyoensis'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera megacephala'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera mekongensis'' Jessup
* ''Indigofera mendesii'' Torre
* ''Indigofera mendoncae'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera mengtzeana'' Craib
* ''Indigofera micheliana'' Rose
* ''Indigofera micrantha'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera micropetala'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera mildrediana'' Torre
* ''Indigofera milne-redheadii'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera minbuensis'' Gage
* ''Indigofera mischocarpa'' Schltr.
* ''Indigofera mollicoma'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera monanthoides'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera monbeigii'' Craib
* ''Indigofera monophylla'' DC.
* ''Indigofera monostachya'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera montana'' Rose
* ''Indigofera mouroundavensis'' Baill.
* ''Indigofera muliensis'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera mundtiana'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera mupensis'' Torre
** subsp. ''abercornensis'' J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''mupensis'' Torre
* ''Indigofera mwanzae'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera myosurus'' Craib
* ''Indigofera nairobiensis'' Baker f.
** subsp. ''nairobiensis'' Baker f.
** subsp. ''viscida'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera nambalensis'' Harms

* ''Indigofera neoglabra'' Wang & T.Tang
* ''Indigofera neosericopetala'' P.C. Li
* ''Indigofera nesophila'' Lievens & Urbatsch
* ''Indigofera nigricans'' Pers.
* ''Indigofera nivea'' R.Vig.
* ''Indigofera nugalensis'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera nummulariifolia'' (L.) Alston
* ''Indigofera obscura'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera ogadensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera oligophylla'' Klotzsch
* ''Indigofera omariana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera ormocarpoides'' Baker
* ''Indigofera orthocarpa'' C.Presl
* ''Indigofera oubanguiensis'' Tisser.
* ''Indigofera ovina'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera oxalidea'' Baker
* ''Indigofera oxytropis'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera oxytropoides'' Schltr.
* ''Indigofera palmeri'' S.Watson
* ''Indigofera pampaniniana'' Craib
* ''Indigofera panamensis'' Rydb.
* ''Indigofera pappei'' Fourc.
* ''Indigofera paracapitata'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera paraglaucifolia'' Torre
* ''Indigofera paraoxalidea'' Torre
* ''Indigofera parkesii'' Craib
* ''Indigofera parodiana'' Burkart
* ''Indigofera parviflora'' F. Heyne ex Hook. & Arn.

* ''Indigofera patula'' Baker
* ''Indigofera pauciflora'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera paucifolioides'' Blatt. & Hallb.
* ''Indigofera paucistrigosa'' J.B.Gillett

* ''Indigofera pearsonii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera pechuelii'' Kuntze
* ''Indigofera pedicellata'' Wight & Arn.
* ''Indigofera pedunculata'' Baker
* ''Indigofera pellucida'' J.B.Gillett & Thulin
* ''Indigofera peltata'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera peltieri'' Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera penduloides'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera perriniana'' Spreng.
* ''Indigofera petiolata'' Cronquist
* ''Indigofera phyllanthoides'' Baker
* ''Indigofera pilgeriana'' Schltr.
* ''Indigofera pilosa'' Poir.—softhairy indigo
* ''Indigofera pinifolia'' Baker
* ''Indigofera placida'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera platypoda'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera pobeguinii'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera polygaloides'' Munro Briggs Scott, M.B.Scott
* ''Indigofera polysphaera'' Baker
* ''Indigofera pongolana'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera porrigens'' Colla
* ''Indigofera prieureana'' Guill. & Perr.
* ''Indigofera procumbens'' L.
* ''Indigofera prostrata'' Willd.
* ''Indigofera pruinosa'' Baker
* ''Indigofera pseudoevansii'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

* ''Indigofera pseudointricata'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera pseudoparvula'' R.Vig.
* ''Indigofera pseudoreticulata'' Grierson & D.G.Long
* ''Indigofera pseudosubulata'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera pseudotinctoria'' Matsum.
* ''Indigofera pueblensis'' Rydb.
* ''Indigofera purpusii'' Brandegee
* ''Indigofera quinquefolia'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera radicifera'' Cronquist
* ''Indigofera ramosissima'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera ramulosissima'' Hosok.
* ''Indigofera rautanenii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera reducta'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera rehmannii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera remota'' Baker f.

* ''Indigofera repens'' Cronquist
* ''Indigofera reticulata'' Franch.
* ''Indigofera retusa'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera rhodantha'' Fourc.
* ''Indigofera rhytidocarpa'' Harv.
** subsp. ''angolensis'' J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''rhytidocarpa'' Harv.

* ''Indigofera rigioclada'' Craib
* ''Indigofera ripae'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera rojasii'' Hassl.
* ''Indigofera rostrata'' Bolus
* ''Indigofera ruspolii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera sabulosa'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera salmoniflora'' Rose
* ''Indigofera salteri'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera santapaui'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera santosii'' Torre
* ''Indigofera saxicola'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera scabrida'' Dunn
* ''Indigofera scarciesii'' Scott-Elliot
* ''Indigofera schinzii'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera schliebenii'' Harms
* ''Indigofera schultziana'' F.Muell.
* ''Indigofera scopiformis'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera sebungweensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera secundiflora'' Poir.
* ''Indigofera senegalensis'' Lam.
* ''Indigofera sensitiva'' Franch.
* ''Indigofera sericovexilla'' C.T.White
* ''Indigofera sesquipedalis'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera sessilifolia'' DC.
* ''Indigofera setosa'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera sieberiana'' Scheele
* ''Indigofera silvestrii'' Pamp.
** var. ''alii'' Sanjappa
** var. ''silvestrii'' Pamp.
* ''Indigofera simaoensis'' Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
* ''Indigofera sisalis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera smutsii'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera sordida'' Harv.
* ''Indigofera souliei'' Craib
* ''Indigofera sparsa'' Baker
* ''Indigofera sparteola'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera sphaerocarpa'' A.Gray—Sonoran indigo
* ''Indigofera sphinctosperma'' Standl.
* ''Indigofera splendens'' Ficalho & Hiern
* ''Indigofera stachyodes'' Lindl.
* ''Indigofera stenosepala'' Baker
* ''Indigofera sticta'' Craib
* ''Indigofera stricta'' L.f.
* ''Indigofera strigulosa'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera suarezensis'' Du Puy & Labat
* ''Indigofera subargentea'' De Wild.
* ''Indigofera subsecunda'' Gagnep.
* ''Indigofera subulifera'' Baker
* ''Indigofera subverticellata'' Gagnep.
* ''Indigofera szechuensis'' Craib
* ''Indigofera taborensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera tanaensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera taruffiana'' Torre
* ''Indigofera taylori'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera teixeirae'' Torre
* ''Indigofera tengyuehensis'' H.T.Tsai & T.F.Yu
* ''Indigofera tenuifolia'' Lam.
* ''Indigofera tenuipes'' Polhill
* ''Indigofera tenuis'' Milne-Redh.
** subsp. ''major'' J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''tenuis'' Milne-Redh.
* ''Indigofera tenuissima'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera terminalis'' Baker
* ''Indigofera tetraptera'' Taub.
* ''Indigofera texana'' Buckley
* ''Indigofera thesioides'' Jarvie & C.H.Stirt.

* ''Indigofera thikaensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera thothathri'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera thymoides'' Baker
* ''Indigofera tirunelvelica'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera tomentosa'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera torrei'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera transvaalensis'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera trialata'' A.Chev.
* ''Indigofera trichopoda'' Guill. & Perr.
* ''Indigofera trifolioides'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera triquetra'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera tristoides'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera tryonii'' Domin
* ''Indigofera tumidula'' Rose
* ''Indigofera ufipaensis'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera ugandensis'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera vanderystii'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera velutina'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera venusta'' Eckl. & Zeyh.

* ''Indigofera viscidissima'' Baker
** subsp. ''orientalis'' J.B.Gillett
** subsp. ''viscidissima'' Baker
* ''Indigofera vivax'' Schrank

* ''Indigofera wildiana'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera williamsonii'' (Harv.) N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera wilsonii'' Craib
* ''Indigofera woodii'' Bolus
* ''Indigofera zanzibarica'' J.B.Gillett
* ''Indigofera zavattarii'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera zenkeri'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera zornioides'' Du Puy & Labat

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:

* ''Indigofera abyssinica'' Hochst. ex Baker
* ''Indigofera adaochengensis'' Y.Y. Fang & C.Z. Zheng
* ''Indigofera adenophylla'' Graham
* ''Indigofera adenotricha'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera adesmiaefolia'' A. Gray
* ''Indigofera adonensis'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera aeruginis'' Schweinf.
* ''Indigofera agowensis'' Hochst. ex Baker
* ''Indigofera alata'' Schweinf.
* ''Indigofera alba'' Gouault
* ''Indigofera amaliae'' Domin
* ''Indigofera angulata'' Lindl.
* ''Indigofera angulata'' Rottler ex Spreng.
* ''Indigofera aphylla'' Breiter
* ''Indigofera arborescens'' Zuccagni

* ''Indigofera arghawan'' Royle
* ''Indigofera argyrea'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera armata'' Wall.
* ''Indigofera ascendens'' Walp.
* ''Indigofera astragaloides'' Welw. ex Romariz
* ''Indigofera athrophylla'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera axillaris'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera bagshawei'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera baoulensis'' A.Chev.
* ''Indigofera barbata'' Desv.
* ''Indigofera barcensis'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera bequaerti'' De Wild.
* ''Indigofera berteroana'' Spreng.
* ''Indigofera bertolonii'' Steud.
* ''Indigofera biflora'' Roth
* ''Indigofera bilabiata'' Loisel. ex Drapiez
* ''Indigofera boylei'' Hort. ex Vilmorin's
* ''Indigofera brachycarpa'' Graham
* ''Indigofera brachyodon'' Domin
* ''Indigofera brachyphylla'' Al-Turki
* ''Indigofera brachypoda'' Steud. ex A.Rich.
* ''Indigofera brevipes'' (S. Watson) Rydb.
* ''Indigofera bufalina'' Lour.
* ''Indigofera caesia'' Zipp. ex Span.
* ''Indigofera caespitosa'' Wight
* ''Indigofera calva'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera carlesii'' Craib
* ''Indigofera ceciliae'' N.E.Br.

* ''Indigofera celebica'' Miq.
* ''Indigofera centrota'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera chitralensis'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera cinericolor'' F.Muell.
* ''Indigofera clitorioides'' G.Don
* ''Indigofera colorata'' Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
* ''Indigofera coluteifolia'' Jaub. & Spach
* ''Indigofera condensata'' De Wild.
* ''Indigofera conradsii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera constricta'' Rydb.
* ''Indigofera cornezuelo'' Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
* ''Indigofera cornuligera'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera coronillaefolia'' A. Cunn. ex Benth.
* ''Indigofera coronillaefolia'' hort.
* ''Indigofera crassisiliqua'' Steud.
* ''Indigofera dalzelliana'' (Kuntze) Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera dalzielii'' Hutch.
* ''Indigofera debilis'' Graham
* ''Indigofera decumbens'' Hill
* ''Indigofera deginensis'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera dequinensis'' Sanjappa
* ''Indigofera dewevrei'' Micheli
* ''Indigofera diffusa'' Desv.
* ''Indigofera dimorphophylla'' Schinz
* ''Indigofera disjuncta'' J. B. Gillett
* ''Indigofera dodecaphylla'' Ficalho & Hiern
* ''Indigofera dorycnium'' Fenzl
* ''Indigofera dosycnium'' Fenzl
* ''Indigofera dubia'' Steud.
* ''Indigofera dumosa'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera elachantha'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera elatior'' Carrière
* ''Indigofera elegans'' Schumach. & Thonn.
* ''Indigofera ellenbeckii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera elskensii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera enonensis'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera erectifructa'' Y.Endo, H.Ohashi & Madulid
* ''Indigofera erythrantha'' Hochst. ex Baker
* ''Indigofera erythrogrammoides'' De Wild.
* ''Indigofera esquirolii'' H. Lév.
* ''Indigofera faberi'' Craib
* ''Indigofera flavovirens'' R.E.Fr.
* ''Indigofera flexuosa'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera flexuosa'' Graham
* ''Indigofera florida'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera foliolosa'' Graham
* ''Indigofera formosana'' Matsum.
* ''Indigofera franchetii'' X.F.Gao & Schrire
* ''Indigofera frumentacea'' Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
* ''Indigofera fruticulosa'' Walp.
* ''Indigofera fuzi'' Sieb. ex Miq.
* ''Indigofera gilletii'' De Wild. & T.Durand
* ''Indigofera glauca'' Lam.
* ''Indigofera glauca'' Perr. ex DC.
* ''Indigofera grahamiana'' Steud.
* ''Indigofera grandifoliola'' Carrière
* ''Indigofera graveolens'' Schrad.
* ''Indigofera griquana'' Schltr. ex Zahlbr.
* ''Indigofera guineensis'' Schumach. & Thonn.
* ''Indigofera haematica'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera hainanensis'' H.T.Tsai & T.T.Yü
* ''Indigofera heptaphylla'' Hiern
* ''Indigofera hislopii'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera hockii'' De Wild. & Baker f.
* ''Indigofera hookeriana'' Carl Meissner, Meisn.
* ''Indigofera hover'' Forssk.
* ''Indigofera inconspicua'' Domin
* ''Indigofera iwafusi'' Sieb. ex Lavallee
* ''Indigofera jaubertiana'' Schweinf.
* ''Indigofera jirahulia'' Buch.-Ham.
* ''Indigofera juncea'' Decne.
* ''Indigofera karongensis'' Baker
* ''Indigofera kerensis'' Chiov.
* ''Indigofera kisantuensis'' De Wild. & T.Durand
* ''Indigofera kotoensis'' Hayata
* ''Indigofera latibracteata'' Harms
* ''Indigofera latipinna'' I.M.Johnst.
* ''Indigofera laxeracemosa'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera leptocaulis'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera leptophylla'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera lignosa'' De Wild.
* ''Indigofera limifolia'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera lindleyana'' Spreng. ex Steud.
* ''Indigofera linearis'' DC.
* ''Indigofera linearis'' Guill. & Perr.
* ''Indigofera litoralis'' Chun & T.C. Chen
* ''Indigofera liukiuennsis'' Makino & Nemoto
* ''Indigofera lonchocarpifolia'' Baker
* ''Indigofera longebarbata'' Engl.
* ''Indigofera longepedicellata'' J. B. Gillett
* ''Indigofera longeracemosa'' Boivin ex Baill.
* ''Indigofera longibractea'' J.M.Black
* ''Indigofera lupulina'' Baker
* ''Indigofera machaerocarpa'' Fenzl ex Baker
* ''Indigofera macroptera'' hort. ex Lavallée
* ''Indigofera macrostachys'' Vent.
* ''Indigofera mangokyensis'' R. Vig.
* ''Indigofera marginata'' Walp.
* ''Indigofera masukuensis'' Baker
* ''Indigofera mckinlayi'' F.Muell.
* ''Indigofera mearnsi'' Standl.
* ''Indigofera megaphylla'' X.F.Gao
* ''Indigofera melanotricha'' Steud. ex A.Rich.
* ''Indigofera melolobioides'' Benth. ex Harv.
* ''Indigofera microphylla'' Lam.
* ''Indigofera microstachya'' C.Presl
* ''Indigofera minutiflora'' Hochst. ex Chiov.
* ''Indigofera minutiflora'' Walp.
* ''Indigofera moeroensis'' De Wild.
* ''Indigofera multijuga'' Baker
* ''Indigofera mutisii'' (Kunth) Spreng.
* ''Indigofera nematopoda'' Baker f.
* ''Indigofera neoarborea'' Hu ex F.T. Wang & Tang
* ''Indigofera noldeae'' Rossbach
* ''Indigofera nuda'' G.Don
* ''Indigofera nyikensis'' Baker
* ''Indigofera oligantha'' Harms ex Baker f.
* ''Indigofera oligosperma'' DC.
* ''Indigofera orixensis'' Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
* ''Indigofera oroboides'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera oxyrachis'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera paludosa'' Lepr. ex Guill. & Perr.
* ''Indigofera palustris'' Vatke
* ''Indigofera perrottetii'' DC.
* ''Indigofera petraea'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera pilifera'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera platyspira'' J.B.Gillett ex Thulin & M.G.Gilbert
* ''Indigofera plumosa'' Spreng.
* ''Indigofera polyclada'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera polysperma'' De Wild. & T.Durand
* ''Indigofera pratensis'' var. ''coriacea'' Domin
* ''Indigofera preladoi'' Harms
* ''Indigofera pretoriana'' Harms
* ''Indigofera procumbens'' Torre
* ''Indigofera propinqua'' Hochst. ex Chiov.
* ''Indigofera psammophila'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera pseudoheterantha'' X.F.Gao & Schrire
* ''Indigofera pseudomoniliformis'' Schrire
* ''Indigofera purpurea'' Page ex Steud.
* ''Indigofera quadrangularis'' Graham
* ''Indigofera racemosa'' L.
* ''Indigofera rarifolia'' Steud.
* ''Indigofera rechodes'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera reflexa'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera rhechodes'' Walp.
* ''Indigofera rhodosantha'' Zipp. ex Miq.
* ''Indigofera rigescens'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera roylei'' Koehne
* ''Indigofera roylii'' Hort. ex Dippel
* ''Indigofera rubromarginata'' Thulin
* ''Indigofera rumphiensis'' Schrire
* ''Indigofera rupestris'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''Indigofera rupicola'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera sabulicola'' Benth.
* ''Indigofera saltiana'' Steud.
* ''Indigofera sangana'' Harms, in Schltr.
* ''Indigofera scabrella'' Kazandj. & Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera schimperiana'' Hochst.
* ''Indigofera scoparia'' Vahl ex DC.
* ''Indigofera secunda'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera sericea'' Benth. ex Baker
* ''Indigofera sericea'' L.
* ''Indigofera sericea'' Thunb. ex Harv.
* ''Indigofera sericophylla'' Franch.
* ''Indigofera setacea'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera shipingensis'' X.F.Gao
* ''Indigofera shirensis'' Taub. ex Baker f.
* ''Indigofera signata'' Domin
* ''Indigofera similis'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera sinuspersica'' Mozaff.
* ''Indigofera socotrana'' Vierh.
* ''Indigofera sofa'' Scott-Elliot
* ''Indigofera solirimae'' Schrire
* ''Indigofera somalensis'' Vatke
* ''Indigofera sousae'' M.A.Exell
* ''Indigofera sparsiflora'' Hochst. ex Baker
* ''Indigofera speciosa'' Fraser ex Hook.
* ''Indigofera spirocarpa'' Harms
* ''Indigofera spoliata'' Hoffmanns.
* ''Indigofera subincana'' N.E.Br.
* ''Indigofera subquadriflora'' Hochst. ex Chiov.
* ''Indigofera subtilis'' E.Mey.
* ''Indigofera sylvatica'' Sieber ex Spreng.
* ''Indigofera sylvestris'' Pamp.
* ''Indigofera taiwaniana'' T.C.Huang & M.J.Wu
* ''Indigofera tenella'' Schumach. & Thonn.
* ''Indigofera tenella'' Vahl ex DC.
* ''Indigofera tenuicaulis'' Klotzsch
* ''Indigofera tenuisiliqua'' Schweinf.
* ''Indigofera ternata'' Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
* ''Indigofera thirionni'' H.Lév.
* ''Indigofera thonningii'' Schumach. & Thonn.
* ''Indigofera tinctaria'' Hook.
* ''Indigofera triflora'' Peter G.Wilson & Rowe
* ''Indigofera trita'' var. ''nubica'' (J.B.Gillett) L.Boulos & Schrire
* ''Indigofera tritoidea'' Baker
* ''Indigofera ultima'' (Kuntze) Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera unifoliata'' Merr.
* ''Indigofera urostachya'' Fenzl ex Baker
* ''Indigofera viguieri'' Callm. & Labat
* ''Indigofera villosa'' Berg. ex Walp.
* ''Indigofera wannanii'' Peter G.Wilson
* ''Indigofera wentzeliana'' Harms
* ''Indigofera wynbergensis'' S.Moore
* ''Indigofera zig-zag'' De Wild.

Ecology

''Indigofera'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the turnip moth (''Agrotis segetum'').

See also

*''Baptisia'' (false indigo)—a related genus.

References

Further reading

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External links

''Indigofera''.
eFloras Lists.
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Indigofera,
Fabaceae genera
Plant dyes
Pantropical flora