- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera atricephala J.B.Gillett

[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Diagnostic
- Closely related to I. schliebenii, but the leaflets are more numerous (5–7) and wider in proportion to their length (up to 15 mm. long and 8 mm. wide), the peduncle is up to 4.5 cm. long, the standard is not pointed, the keel is not rostrate, and the stamens are 4 mm. long.
- Habitat
- Upland grassland; 1600–2100 m.; rainfall 850–1000 mm.
- Distribution
- T4 T7 T8
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Insufficiently known
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian grassland, Afromontane grassland
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, Not climbing, Herb
Native to:
Tanzania
Indigofera atricephala J.B.Gillett appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 7, 1955 | Davies, R.M. [143], Tanzania | K000392853 | holotype | Yes | |
Jan 7, 1955 | Johnson, W.P. [s.n.], Mozambique | K000511587 | No | ||
Richards, H.M. [8640], Tanzania | K000514571 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [8699], Tanzania | K000511588 | No |
First published in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 1: 81 (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: 81 (1958).
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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International Legume Database and Information Service
International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0