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

[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- An intricate shrublet up to 0.5 m. tall; stems cylindrical, like the leaf-rhachides and inflorescences rather densely appressed strigulose.
- Morphology Leaves
- Stipules triangular-subulate, ± 1 mm. long; rhachis 10–15 mm. long, including a petiole of ± 2 mm.; leaflets 5–9, cuneate-oblong, apiculate, up to 5 mm. long and 3 mm. wide, green or blackish when dry, strigulose beneath, glabrous above.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes 10–12-flowered, sessile, ± 1 cm. long; bracts ovate, ± 0.4 mm. long, deciduous or persistent; pedicels ± 1 mm. long, strongly reflexed in fruit.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx white strigulose, ± 1.5 mm. long; lobes broadly triangular, shorter than the tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white or brown strigulose outside.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens ± 4 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pod brown, indehiscent, straight or slightly curved, up to 12 mm. long, strongly torulose, the segments subglobular, ± 2.2 mm. in diameter, the isthmi ± 1.3 mm. wide and 0.9 mm. thick, strigulose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 1–4, subglobose, smooth, black.
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Somalia-Masai grasslands, Afromontane grassland
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Native to:
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
Indigofera bogdanii J.B.Gillett appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 18, 1955 | Bogdan, A. [952], Kenya | K000059883 | No | ||
Jan 18, 1955 | Drummond, R.B. [4434], Kenya | K000059882 | No | ||
Jan 18, 1955 | Twiner, Q. [3507], Kenya | K000059884 | No | ||
Gillett, J.B. [18625], Kenya | K000059894 | No | |||
Napper, D. [837], Kenya | K000059885 | No | |||
Kerfoot, O. [3938], Kenya | K000059888 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [3703], Kenya | K000059887 | Yes | |||
Polhill, R.M. [425], Kenya | K000059886 | Yes | |||
Luke, P.A. [6163], Kenya | K000059881 | No |
First published in Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 1: 103 (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: 103 (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
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