Indigofera hirsuta L.

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Sudanian anthropic landscapes, Lake Victoria regional mosaic; anthropic landscapes., Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; anthropic landscapes., Zambezian anthropic landscapes., Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes

Morphology General Habit

Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

Vernacular

Angitratainakoho, Chota Sirphonka, Famafasambo, Hairy Indigo, Patry, Sarivoanjo, Sarivongo, Takotsifotra, Tsiasotry

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 150–1000 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Arauca, Boyacá, Caldas, Meta, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Herb, Shrub.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 150 - 1000 m.; Andes, Orinoquia, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba, arbusto

Conservation

No Evaluada

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

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular

añil, púnciga

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

Morphology General Habit

Erect or spreading annual up to 1.5 m. tall; stems cylindrical or slightly ridged, stiffly brownish or, occasionally, white pilose.

Morphology Leaves

Stipules linear-setaceous, up to 1 cm. long; rhachis pilose, up to 9 cm. long, including a petiole of up to 2 cm., prolonged up to 13 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; stipellae not visible; petiolules 2 mm. long; leaflets 5–7 or rarely 9, elliptic-oblong, up to 40 mm. long and 25 mm. wide, the terminal rather longer than the lateral, pilose on both surfaces.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes dense, many-flowered, hirsute, in all 20 or 30 cm. long, including a peduncle which is more than 25 mm. long but usually shorter than the floriferous part; bracts linear-lanceolate, up to 5 mm. long, caducous; pedicels ± 1 mm. long, reflexed in fruit.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx stiffly brown hirsute, ± 4 mm. long, divided almost to the base into linear-setaceous lobes.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla white pubescent outside, brick-red or rose, the standard the same colour as the wings.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens ± 4 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod straight, rather tetragonal, with well-developed sutures, 12–20 mm. long, ± 2 mm. wide and thick, hirsute, many of the hairs, especially the dorsal ones, usually brown; endocarp strongly spotted.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds 6–9, cuboid, angular, strongly pitted.

Figures

Fig. 45/1–14.

Habitat

Weed of cultivated and waste areas; 0–1350 m.; rainfall 900–1700 mm. or rarely less

Distribution

K7 P T1 T3 T4 T6 T8 U1 U2 U3 U4 Z Senegal to Sudan, Congo, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Madagascar, also southern Asia and N. Australiaintroduced into tropical America

Use

Chemical products, Environmental, Forage, Medicine, Toxins

Use Animal Food

Used as animal food.

Use Environmental

Environmental uses.

Use Food

Used for food.

Use Materials

Used as material.

Use Medicines

Medical uses.

Use Poisons

Poisons.