Lonchocarpus cyanescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Lonchocarpus |
Species: | L. cyanescens |
Binomial name | |
Lonchocarpus cyanescens Perkin |
Lonchocarpus cyanescens is a species of shrub from Fabaceae family. It is commonly known as elu in Yoruba, anunu by Igbo people as talaki in Hausa, sauru in Tiv and as ebelu by the Edo people
It is a traditional source of indigo in West Africa to dye fabric.