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Indigofera cassioides
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Indigofera cassioides, the cassia indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southeast and south-central China, and Taiwan, and has been introduced to Sri Lanka and Kenya. Local artisans use its leaves to produce a blue dye.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Indigofera cassioides
- Slug
- indigofera-cassioides
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Indigofera
- Species
- cassioides
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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