Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Indigofera suffruticosa Mill.

añil, añil montes, jiquilite, Indigo, anil de pasto

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Fabales

Family
Fabaceae

Genus
Indigofera

Species
suffruticosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Indigofera anil L.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1984

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Funk, V.T. Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N. (2007) Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1-584.
  • Brako, L. Zarucchi,J.L. (1993) Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
  • Dwyer, J. D. (1981) Leguminosae, Subfamily Papilionoideae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67(3): 523–818.
  • Atahuachi, M. Arrázola, S. (1996) Catálogo de leguminosas nativas en Cochabamba. Legum. Agric. Boliv. 409–423.
  • Garcia-Barriga, H. Forero, E. (1968) Las Leguminosas: Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Papilionaceae. Cat. Il. Pl. Cundinamarca 3: 1–136.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Indigofera suffruticosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1645. Accessed 26 August 2025.