Indigofera spicata
Forssk. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Indigofera spicata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 150 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Indigofera spicata, the creeping indigo or trailing indigo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to SubSaharan Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, and Yemen, and has been introduced to the southeastern United States, various Caribbean islands, Brazil and other locations in Latin America, various Pacific islands, and New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It was considered to be a promising forage plant, and then shown to be toxic to nearly all livestock, but it is possible that the experiments were conducted on the similar Indigofera hendecaphylla, leading to some confusion.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Compounds documented for Indigofera spicata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds19 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Tephropurpurin | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-Tephrosone | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-cis-Rotenolone | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-2,3-Dihydrotephroglabrin | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-7-Methoxy-8-(3-Methoxy-3-Methylbut-1-Enyl)Flavanone | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-8-[(E)-3-hydroxy-3-methylbut-1-enyl]-7-methoxy-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one | present | NPASS | |
| [(4S,12S,15R,16R)-8-methoxy-14,14-dimethyl-6-oxo-4-phenyl-3,11,13-trioxatetracyclo[8.6.0.02,7.012,16]hexadeca-1,7,9-trien-15-yl] acetate | present | NPASS | |
| Avicularin | present | NPASS | |
| Benzoic acid | present | NPASS | |
| beta-D-Glucopyranose, 1,2,6-tris(3-nitropropanoate) | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Indigofera spicata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Indigofera spicata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 167×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
2n 321×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 81×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 121×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
Record type5 150 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions70 of 131 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 114 |
| Kew, GB | 73 |
| Tampa, US | 64 |
| Taipei, TW | 62 |
| Brisbane, AU | 57 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 52 |
| Paris, FR | 38 |
| Kunming, CN | 26 |
| Beijing, CN | 25 |
| Miami, US | 23 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 23 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 22 |
| Bronx, US | 18 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 18 |
| Taipei, TW | 18 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 16 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 16 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 15 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 14 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 14 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 13 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 11 |
| Salvador, BR | 10 |
| Canberra, AU | 10 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 10 |
| Taipei, TW | 8 |
| LDlocation not on record | 8 |
| Berlin, DE | 7 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 7 |
| Uppsala, SE | 7 |
| Honolulu, US | 6 |
| Palmerston, AU | 6 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 6 |
| Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record | 5 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 5 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 5 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 5 |
| León, NI | 4 |
| Brussels, BE | 4 |
| GAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| Nishihara, JP | 3 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 3 |
| Cambridge, US | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 3 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 2 |
| Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory, Gorongosa NPlocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| LSFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Jackson, US | 2 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 2 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Brasília, BR | 2 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Little Rock, US | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Larsen, K. (AAU), 1994.location not on record | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| EAlocation not on record | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Iquitos, PE | 1 |
| University of Oxfordlocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| Wuhan, CN | 1 |
| SCAUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Yangling, CN | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| NGCPR01359location not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Adelaide, AU | 1 |
| Clocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| Institut Botanique Ake-Assi d'Andokoilocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Indigofera spicata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.