Indigofera cassioides

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Indigofera}}

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|image_caption=Trained into a fence along a road in India

|genus=Indigofera

|species=cassioides

|authority=Rottler ex DC.

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• Indigofera arborea Roxb.
• Indigofera byansghatensis S.Biswas
• Indigofera dubia Steud.
• Indigofera elliptica Roxb.
• Indigofera gibsonii J.Graham
• Indigofera glaucescens Graham
• Indigofera jirahulia Buch.-Ham.
• Indigofera leptostachya DC.
• Indigofera pulchella Roxb.
• Indigofera purpurascens Roxb.
• Indigofera verrucosa Graham
• Indigofera violacea Roxb.

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Indigofera cassioides, the cassia indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cassia%20Indigo.html |title=Cassia Indigo |last1=Valke |first1=Dinesh |website=flowersofindia.net |publisher=Flowers of India |access-date=7 June 2021 }} It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, southeast and south-central China, and Taiwan, and has been introduced to Sri Lanka and Kenya.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499119-1 |title=Indigofera cassioides Rottler ex DC. |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=7 June 2021 }} Local artisans use its leaves to produce a blue dye.{{cite journal |title=Short Communication: Dye-yielding plant resources of Maharashtra, India: A checklist |year=2018 |last1=Patil |first1=Sonali Hindurao |last2=Kurlapkar |first2=Dilip Damodar |last3=Gaikwad |first3=Dattatraya Krishna |journal=Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=250–266 |doi=10.13057/biodiv/d200129 |doi-access=free }}