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Family: Papilionaceae	Genus: Indigofera	Species: Indigofera heterantha Brandis( शकिना )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Indigofera gerardiana Baker, Indigofera macrostachya Vent., Indigofera rubroviolacea Dunn	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Shakina	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Himalayan indigo	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Shakina	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	1500-3000 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	pod is cylindric, 1.3-2.5 cm long appressed hairy or glabrescent, 6 – 12 seeded, straight, hairless.
Habitat	Dry sunny slopes, often forming dense scrub, and in forests.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to Bhutan and China.	Bark Details	Smooth but covered with bristly white hairs.
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Deciduous shrubs, up to 2.0 m high; branchlets brownish, covered with bristly white hairs. Leaves green, leaflets 9 – 20, opposite, obovate or oblong – lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, pale green, clothed with white appressed hairs; stipules setaceous. Flowers purple or pale – pink, in erect, subsessile, long racemes; bracts minute. Calyx pubescent; segements as long as tube. Corolla hairy outside; keel obtuse and straight. Pods cylindric, appressed hairy or glabrescent, 6 – 12 seeded.	Leaf Details	Leaves green, leaflets 9 – 20, opposite, obovate or oblong – lanceolate, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, pale green, clothed with white appressed hairs; stipules setaceous

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