- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera exellii Torre

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, up to 25 cm tall, often with spreading branches from near the base
- Morphology Stem
- Stems sparsely pubescent with appressed hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pinnately 3–7-foliolate, strigose; rhachis up to 22 mm long including up to 12 mm long petiole; leaflets narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, up to 17 x 3 mm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes densely c. 15–30-flowered, 1–4 cm long including 0.5–2.5 cm long peduncle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 1.5–1.8 mm long, divided to about the middle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Standard strigose outside
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens c. 2 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods deflexed, upcurved, acute, 6–7 x 1.8–2 mm, with lateral ridge of 8–12 transverse lamellae on each side, sparsely strigose, 1-seeded, apparently indehiscent.
- Distribution
- S1; S Tanzania, Angola
- Ecology
- Altitude range 230–250 m.
- Note
- I. exellii, with type from Angola, is an earlier name for I. lamellata in vol. 1: 416 (1993). The species is also known from southern Tanzania and the occurrence in Somalia is puzzling.
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Insufficiently known
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian woodland
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, Not climbing, Herb
Native to:
Angola, Somalia, Tanzania
Indigofera exellii Torre appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1991 | Thulin, M. [6798], Somalia | Indigofera lamellata | K000392771 | isotype | Yes |
First published in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultramar, 2 Ser. 19: 50 (1960)
Accepted by
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Torre, A. R. et al. (1966). Papilionoideae. In: Consp. Fl. Angolensis 3. Exell & Fernandez
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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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/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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