- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera conjugata Baker

[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb with a stout woody rootstock; stems appressed strigulose, procumbent, erect or spreading, up to 50 cm. long.
- Morphology Leaves
- Lower leaves (which are those most often seen) 1–3-foliolate, upper up to 8-foliolate; stipules narrowly triangular-subulate, up to 8 mm. long; rhachis broad, channelled above, up to 4 cm. long, including a petiole of up to 1 cm., prolonged up to 8 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets always alternate, cuneate-elliptic or narrowly oblong, up to 6 cm. long and 12 mm. wide, strigulose beneath, minutely black-spotted and glabrous above, except at the margins which are strigulose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes many-flowered, up to 12 cm. long in fruit, including a peduncle of 0.5–2 cm.; bracts lanceolate, strigulose, deciduous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx strigulose, divided almost to the base, ± 4 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 3–4 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods straight, faintly tetragonal, brown, 12–20 mm. long, ± 2 mm. wide and 1.3 mm. thick, strigulose, 5–8-seeded; endocarp faintly spotted.
- Habitat
- Short grassland, roadsides, cultivated areas and Combretum, etc. wooded grassland; 800–1800 m.; rainfall 1100–1900 mm.
- Distribution
- Guinée to Sudan, Congo, Burundi, Angola K3 K5 T1 T4 U1 U2 U3 U4
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Sudanian grasslands, Sudanian anthropic landscapes, Sudanian wooded grassland, Sudanian woodland
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre
Indigofera conjugata Baker appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1983 | Fay, J.M. [4787], Central African Republic | K000459901 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1982 | Friis, I. [1020], Sudan | K000459894 | No | ||
Sep 1, 1978 | Reekmans, M. [7070], Burundi | K000459910 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1955 | Hill, A.W. [4], Nigeria | K000392626 | syntype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1955 | Lely, H.V. [20], Nigeria | K000392627 | syntype | Yes | |
Sep 25, 1954 | Wood, G.H.G. [345], Uganda | K000459881 | No | ||
Petherick [s.n.], Sudan | K000392788 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Purseglove, J.W. [1060], Uganda | K000459882 | No | |||
Verdcourt [2866], Tanzania | K000459892 | No | |||
Lewalle, J. [6549], Burundi | K000459907 | No | |||
Binga, N. [35019], Nigeria | K000459919 | No | |||
Fay, J.M. [3338], Central African Republic | K000459900 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [2903], Tanzania | K000459893 | No | |||
Lawlor, D.W. [149], Nigeria | K000459920 | No | |||
Jackson, J.K. [4118], Sudan | K000459895 | No | |||
Jackson, J.K. [4277], Sudan | K000459896 | No | |||
Hazel, G. [525], Uganda | K000459883 | No | |||
Fay, J.M. [2727], Central African Republic | K000459898 | No | |||
Bullock, A.A. [3093], Tanzania | K000459888 | No | |||
Haarer, A.E. [2271], Tanzania | K000459890 | No | |||
Tanner, R.E.S. [4497], Tanzania | K000459889 | No | |||
Bogdan, A. [3683], Kenya | K000459885 | No | |||
s.coll. [4608], Central African Republic | K000459897 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [1100], Uganda | K000459884 | No | |||
Tanner, R.E.S. [5296], Tanzania | K000459891 | No | |||
Fay, J.M. [2869], Central African Republic | K000459899 | No | |||
Chandler [1000], Uganda | K000459880 | No | |||
Lely, H.V. [45], Nigeria | K000459918 | No |
First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 75 (1871)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
- Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso Boissiera 65: 1-391.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
- Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso Boissiera 65: 1-391.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 110 (1926).
- Bak. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 75 (1871).
- Cronquist in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 150 (1954).
- Gillett in Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. 1: 121 (1958).
- Torre in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 135 (1962).
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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