EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: INDTI
• Preferred name: Indigofera tinctoria
• Authority: Linnaeus

Cultivated as a dye plant since very ancient times, so that its area of origin is uncertain (probably Old World tropics). Now present in Caucasus, Western Asia, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar), China, Japan, tropical Africa, Madagascar, North America (southeast USA, Mexico), Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest), New Guinea, Australia