Indigofera colutea (Burm.f.) Merr.

First published in Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 355 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Erect or spreading annual or short-lived perennial herb, 10–90 cm tall, appressed or spreading strigose throughout and in most parts also with erect multicellular glandular hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 7 cm long including a petiole longer than the basal leaflets
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 9–11, elliptic-oblong, up to 14 x 4 mm, glandular hairs present on margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 7–20-flowered; peduncle up to 7–12 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 2 mm long, deeply divided
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla pubescent outside
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 3–3.5(–4) mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style 1.2–1.6 mm long, slightly curved upwards
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to 18–23 x 1.8 mm, spreading, straight, densely covered with erect glandular hairs, 8–14-seeded.
[FSOM]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A half woody, viscid, branching herb, about 18 in. high.
[FWTA]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect or spreading annual or short-lived perennial herb, 10–90 cm. tall, covered throughout, but not densely, with white appressed or spreading biramous hairs and in most parts also with erect multicellular glandular hairs which are up to 1.2 (rarely 2 or 3) mm. long on the stems and up to 0.5 or 0.6 mm. on the pods and which occur on the leaflet-margins as well as on the leaf-rhachis.
Morphology Leaves
Stipules linear-lanceolate, spreading, up to 4 mm. long; leaf-rhachis prolonged beyond the lateral leaflets, up to 7 cm. long, including a petiole longer than the basal leaflets; leaflets 9–11 or rarely up to 15, elliptic-oblong, 2–3 times as long as wide, up to 14 mm. long and 4 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 7–20-flowered, about as long as or shorter than the subtending leaf, the peduncle up to 7 or 12 mm. long, much shorter than the rest of the rhachis.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx deeply divided, 0.4–0.7 times as long as the filaments which are 3–3.5, or rarely 4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white pubescent outside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style 1.2–1.6 mm. long, slightly curved, sloping upwards at about 45° from the somewhat thickened base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod spreading, straight, up to 18 or occasionally 23 mm. long, ±1.8 mm. wide, more or less densely covered with erect multicellular hairs which are not above 0.5 or 0.6 mm. long, 8–14-seeded; endocarp spotted.
Figures
Fig. 41/1–14.
Habitat
Grassland, cultivation, open spots in bushland, especially on sandy soil; 0–1900 m.; rainfall 600–1000 mm.
Distribution
K1 K2 K3 K4 K6 K7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 U1 Cape Verde Is. to Socotra, eastern Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Rhodesia, South Africa (Transvaal), also Yemen through India to Australia
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai grasslands, Sudanian grasslands, Sudanian bushland and thicket, Zambezian grassland, Zambezian woodland, Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket, Zambezian bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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