In Champaran, a district in state of Bihar, tens of thousands of landless serfs, indentured laborers and poor farmers were forced to grow indigo and other cash crops instead of the food crops which was necessary for their survival.
In Indonesia, the Sundanese use Indigofera tinctoria (known locally as tarum) as dye for batik.
He designed the course on former plantation lands that grew tomato and indigo.
Linseed, sesame, indigo, china and kaun used to be grown, but have largely died out.
Indigofera was a major crop of cultivation during the colonial period, in Haiti until the slave rebellion against France that left them embargoed by Europe, Guatemala in the 18th century and India in the 19th and 20th centuries.
During The British rule, the entire region surrounding Bettiah was extensively used for indigo plantation.
During the wet season, these are supplemented with herbs such as dayflowers and Indigofera, while in the dry season, the oryx instead eat the tubers and stems of Pyrenacantha malvifolia and other succulent plants that help to provide the animals with water.