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Family: Papilionaceae	Genus: Indigofera	Species: Indigofera astragalina DC.( दगड़िया )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym		Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Silky Indigo	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Silky Indigo	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Dagadia	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit tetragonal,10-20 mm long, 3 mm wide, hirsute, up to 6-seeded.
Habitat	Moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and along roadsides in the plains.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Pantropical.	Bark Details	Smooth, reddish brown in colour,covered with brown hairs.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Panipat, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Silky Indigo is an erect or spreading annual, up to 1.5 m tall. The stem are hairy, with stiff, mostly brown hairs. Leaves are compound. Leaflets 5-11, up to 40 mm long and 25 mm wide, hairy on both sides, stalks 2 mm long. Inflorescence is a raceme, with 25 mm long stalk. Pink flowers are 1 cm long. Fruit tetragonal,10-20 mm long, 3 mm wide, hirsute, up to 6-seeded.	Leaf Details	Leaves are compound. Leaflets 5-11, up to 40 mm long and 25 mm wide, hairy on both sides, stalks 2 mm long.

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