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Moyo indigo (Indigofera zollingeriana)

Dlium Moyo indigo (Indigofera zollingeriana)

Moyo indigo (Indigofera zollingeriana) is a plant species in Fabaceae, annual shrub, growing wide, horizontal stems, cylindrical in shape, green stems with brown stripes and spots, green young twigs, grows in open forest, agricultural land, roadsides and abandoned lands.

I. zollingeriana has green leaves with horizontal stalks. Each strand is ovoid or elongated with a rounded or tapered base and tip, green in color, a main vein in the middle.



Inflorescences in upright panicles. The flowers are arranged on long, erect stalks and the crown is reddish. The pistil extends beyond the crown. The pods are tubular and elongated.

This plant grows at an elevation of 0-2200 meters and rainfall of 600-3000 mm/year. Growth rate, biomass production and nutrient content are greater when compared to other leguminous species in the same soil and climate.

Seeds as a source of seed throughout the year regardless of the season, tolerant of dry weather, salinity, alkaline and acid soils. Widely used as a quality feed crop and a solution to overcome limitations for dry climates.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Indigofereae
Genus: Indigofera L. in Sp. Pl.: 751 (1753)
Species: Indigofera zollingeriana Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 310 (1855)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Anil zollingeriana (Miq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 938 (1891)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Anil teysmannii (Miq.) Kuntze (1891)
Indigofera benthamiana Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 18: 219 (1862 publ. 1863)
Indigofera galegoides var. liukiuensis Matsum. in J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 12: 402 (1899)
Indigofera kotoensis Hayata in J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 75 (1911)
Indigofera okinawae Ohwi in J. Jap. Bot. 12: 659 (1936)
Indigofera teysmannii Miq. (1858)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Balslav, H. & Chantaranothai, P. (2018). Flora of Thailand 4(3.1): 221-371. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Japan IIb: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Sarmah, K.K. & Borthakur, S.K. (2009). A checklist of angiospermic plants of Manas national park in Assam, India. Pleione 3: 190-200.

Wiriadinata, H., Girmansyah, D., Hunter, J.M., Hoover, W.S. & Kartawinata, K. (2013). Floristic study of West Sumbawa, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13: 391-404.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Moyo indigo, Zollinger's indigo
Indonesia: Moyo, Asmoyo
Java: Asmoyo

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