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Trailing indigo
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Legumes: pea and bean family

Trailing indigo

Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq.

Names

EnglishTrailing indigo
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese穗序木蓝
Scientific nameIndigofera hendecaphylla Jacq.

About this species

Indigofera hendecaphylla, the creeping indigo or trailing indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Old World tropics and subtropics, and has been introduced to various locales, including Japan and Australia. It was widely introduced as a forage plant when it was thought to be conspecific with Indigofera spicata, and then shown to be toxic to nearly all livestock, with some uncertainty as to which species was tested.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusIndigofera

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
2025First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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