Fabaceae
Chinese indigo
Indigofera decora
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Indigofera
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- نيلة أنيقة
- Chinese
- 庭藤, 铜罗伞, 宜昌木蓝, 兴山木蓝, 宁波木蓝, 华中木蓝, 地科梢, 天台木蓝
- English
- Chinese indigo
- Japanese
- ニワフジ
Synonyms
- Anil decora (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Echinolobium incarnatum Desv.
- Hedysarum incanum Thunb.
- Hedysarum incarnatum Willd.
- Indigofera alba Gouault
- Indigofera chalara Craib
- Indigofera cooperi Craib
- Indigofera decora unranked alba Dieck
- Indigofera decora var. chalara (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
- Indigofera decora var. cooperi (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
- Indigofera decora var. cooperi (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
- Indigofera decora var. ichangensis (Craib) Y.Y.Fang & C.Z.Zheng
- Indigofera faberi Craib
- Indigofera ichangensis Craib
- Indigofera ichangensis f. calvescens Craib
- Indigofera ichangensis f. leptantha Craib
- Indigofera ichangensis f. rigida Craib
- Indigofera incarnata Nakai
- Indigofera incarnata f. alba (Dieck) Rehder
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatters ✾ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.