Indigofera spicata Forssk. (synonyms.: I. endecaphylla Jacq. ex Poir.; I. hendecaphylla Jacq.; I. parkeri Baker; I. pusilla Lam.),
also known as “creeping or trailing indigo”, belongs to the plant family Fabaceae, subfamily Papilionoideae. This species, native to parts of East Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, and Indonesia, is a ground-cover plant with butterfly-shaped flower of varied colors, from red to orange to pink.1