Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Sarita Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra, Basan, Aranya Van
About Indigofera linnaei Plant :
Habit : Annual or biennial, prostrate or pendulous with stems silvery hairy.
Leaves : 7-9-11 foliate, stipules scarious, ovate, long-cuspidate, membranous dry, leaflets obovate, rounded or emarginated at the apex, cuneate at the base, more or less densely covered with white appressed hairs on both sides.
Flowers :
Flowers small, in short or compact axillary heads or racemes, bracts scarious, persistent.
Calyx hairy outside, corolla bright red, slightly longer than the calyx.
Fruit : Pods long, cylindric, 2-seeded, silvery, with a slight depression between the seeds.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : August-October
Significance : The juice of the plant is used as an antiscorbutic.
