Indigofera linifolia

Indigofera linifolia, the narrowleaf indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is very widely distributed from Sudan eastwards to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Malesia, New Guinea and Australia, and it has been introduced to Réunion and New Caledonia.^[1] Livestock can consume it as fodder, and in times of famine humans can grind and bake the seeds into a bread.^[2] It grows on dry slopes, grasslands, and riversides.^[3]

Indigofera linifolia
Close-up of flowers
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Indigofera
Species:	I. linifolia
Binomial name
Indigofera linifolia (L.f.) Retz.
Synonyms[1]
List Anil linifolia (L.f.) Kuntze Anil linifolia var. lanceolata Kuntze Anil linifolia var. normalis Kuntze Hallia glauca Zipp. ex Span. Hedysarum linifolium L.f. Indigofera albicans Span. Indigofera albicans R.Br. Indigofera linifolia subsp. campbellii (Wight) Panigrahi & Murti Indigofera polygonoides J.C.Wendl. Indigofera roxburghii Tausch Sphaeridiophorum abyssinicum Jaub. & Spach