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This species is accepted, and its native range is Tanzania to DR Congo and Malawi.

[FTEA]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Habit
An erect herb.
Leaves
Resembles I. trachyphylla, but the leaves are less than 3 times as long as wide (up to 2 cm. wide in stout examples) and more abruptly narrowed, truncate, or even subcordate at the base.
Infructescences
The infructescence is up to 8 cm. long, about as long as the peduncle.
Flowers
The calyx-lobes and stamens are up to 6 mm. long.
Indumentum
The biramous hairs on the pods are almost wholly black.
Habitat
Upland open or wooded grassland; 1400–2100 m.; rainfall 1100–1300 mm.
Distribution
T4 T7 T8

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland, Montane wooded grassland
Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb

Native to:

Malawi, Tanzania, Zaïre

Indigofera fuscosetosa Baker appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi K000393052
Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi K000393053 Unknown type material

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 256 (1897)

Accepted by

  • Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cronquist in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 129 (1954).
  • Bak. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1897: 256 (1897).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Flora of Tropical East Africa
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International Legume Database and Information Service
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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