- Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus: Indigofera L.
Indigofera hermannioides J.B.Gillett
- Genus: Indigofera L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Tanzania.
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Habit
- Perennial herb with a woody rootstock.
- Stem
- Stems stout, reddish, hispid, erect or spreading, up to 40 cm. long.
- Leaves
- Leaves 1-foliolate; stipules ± 1 mm. wide at the base, up to 1 cm. long, hispid; petiole up to 8 mm. long, jointed ± 1 mm. below the top, with a pair of thread-like stipellae at the joint; blade ovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, up to 7 cm. long and 2.6 cm. wide, broadly cuneate at the base, ± rounded at the apex, stiffly white pubescent on both surfaces; midrib and 8–9 lateral nerves prominent and fulvous-hispid beneath.
- Inflorescences
- Raceme many-flowered, fulvous-hispid, shorter than the subtending leaf, up to 3 cm. long, including a peduncle of up to 6 mm.; bracts caducous, narrowly lanceolate, up to 5 mm. long; pedicels 1–1.5 mm. long, spreading in fruit.
- Calyx
- Calyx fulvous-hispid, 4–5 mm. long, divided almost to the base.
- Corolla
- Standard white appressed strigose outside.
- Filaments
- Filaments ± 4 mm. long.
- Fruits
- Pods straight, spreading horizontally, up to 11 mm. long, densely covered with short white hairs, ± 4-seeded; endocarp spotted.
- Habitat
- Brachystegia, Uapaca woodland on red sandy soil; 900–1050 m.; rainfall ± 1100 mm.
- Distribution
- not known elsewhere T8
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Insufficiently known
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian woodland
- Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Native to:
Tanzania
Indigofera hermannioides J.B.Gillett appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milne-Redhead, E. [9342], Tanzania | K000392859 | holotype | ||
| Milne-Redhead, E. [9342], Tanzania | K000392860 | holotype |
First published in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 1: 75 (1958)
Accepted by
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Gillett in Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. 1: 75 (1958).
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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