Indigofera cordifolia

• Botanical Name : Indigofera cordifolia Roth
• Common Name : Heart-Leaf Indigo, Bhakhs
• Plant Family : Papilionaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Punit Van, Sarita Udyan

About Indigofera cordifolia Plant :

• Habit : A prostrate, radially spreading annual herb, more or less hairy when growing among dense grasses the stem may be erect.
• Leaves : Simple, broadly ovate-cordate, sessile, hairy on both sides, more densely so beneath. Stipules many.
• Flowers : Flowers in axillary heads. Calyx hairy outside, corolla bright red, about as long as the calyx.
• Fruit : Pods cylindric, 2-seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August-November
• Significance : Found wildly growing.