IMM 009
Specimen
Indigofera tinctoria
No local names given
True indigo
Nila
Provisional
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Lambanapu, Kambera, Sumba Timur, Sumba
Home garden of informant. Ibu Agustina Kahi Atanau cultivates the plants for the indigo dye.
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Shrub
Other
Household land
Heavily disturbed
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1 meters
100 meters
Sandy
Level (0-2ยก)
Full sun
None (level)
Seasonally Dry
Limestone
Woura humba is the local name Cultivated home garden with coconut palms and candle nut. Drainage: seasonally dry. Soil: limestone.
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Long straight fine seed pod up to 2.5cm in length. Flower deep purple-pink, can grow up to 2 meters high in good soil. This is one of 2 types of Indigo (short seed and long seed). The original one with short seeds is no longer found in this village.
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No indonesian notes given
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Determination Date
Family
Genus
Species
No date given
Fabaceae
Indigofera
tinctoria
RBG - Kew
01 May 2006
No record that determination has been received.
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Drawer 1
Good