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This species is accepted, and its native range is Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal.

[FTEA]

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

Habit
Spreading annual, somewhat woody at the base; stems dark reddish, very sparsely appressed strigulose.
Leaves
Stipules triangular, ± 1 mm. long; rhachis dark reddish, sparingly strigulose, up to 25 mm. long, including a petiole of up to 5 mm., prolonged 2–4 mm. beyond lateral leaflets; leaflets 5–9, cuneate, elliptic-oblong, emarginate and apiculate at the apex, up to 9 mm. long and 3 mm. wide, glabrous above and finely strigulose beneath.
Inflorescences
Racemes laxly 10–15-flowered, sparingly strigulose, up to 5 cm. long including a peduncle of up to 2 cm.; bracts oblong, acute, ± 1 mm. long, very caducous; pedicels up to 1.5 mm. long, erect or spreading in fruit.
Calyx
Calyx ± 1.5 mm. long; lobes triangular, as long as the tube.
Corolla
Corolla strigulose outside.
Stamens
Stamens 3–4 mm. long.
Fruits
Pod blackish, rather torulose, 10–18 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, ± 2.3 mm. thick; endocarp not spotted.
Seeds
Seeds 5–8, not pitted.
Habitat
Sandy ground near sea; rainfall over 1000 mm.
Distribution
T3 T6 Z

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland.
Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb

Native to:

KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Tanzania

Indigofera laxeracemosa Baker f. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique K000393043 Unknown type material
Speke [14], Mozambique K000393042 Unknown type material
Scott, W.S. [s.n.], Mozambique K000393041 Unknown type material

First published in J. Bot. 41: 241 (1903)

Accepted by

  • Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gillett in Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. 1: 85 (1958).
  • Bak. f. in Journal of Botany 41: 241 (1903).

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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