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

[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Insufficiently known
- Ecology
- Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland., Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Bushy herb up to 1.3 m. tall, with white appressed hairs throughout.
- Morphology Leaves
- Stipules narrow, spreading or reflexed, ± 2 mm. long; leaf-rhachis up to 4 cm. long, including a petiole of 3–6 mm., prolonged up to 2 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets 5–11, oblong, wedge-shaped at the base, up to 12 mm. long and 5 mm. wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes pubescent, 12–25-flowered, 1.5–3.5 cm. long, including a peduncle of 5–9 mm.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels 1 mm. long, spreading or somewhat reflexed in fruit.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 1.5 mm. long, divided to the middle.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
- Filaments 6 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style 1.3 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pod ridged down each side, up to 25 mm. long, ± 2 mm. wide and 1.3 mm. thick, with sparse appressed hairs, 11–13-seeded; endocarp spotted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds oblong, ridged on each side, faintly pitted, ± 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, 0.7 mm. thick.
- Habitat
- Locally dominant in glades in wooded sand-dunes and on river-banks; 0–450 m.
- Distribution
- not known elsewhere K4 K7
Native to:
Kenya
Indigofera malindiensis J.B.Gillett appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 13, 1961 | Rawlins, S.P. [610], Kenya | K000059261 | Yes | ||
Kokwaro, J.O. [2627], Kenya | K000059254 | No | |||
Tweedie [3143], Kenya | K000059256 | No | |||
Rawlins, S.P. [941], Kenya | K000059259 | No | |||
Agnew, A.D.Q. [7372], Kenya | K000059255 | Yes | |||
Robertson, S.A. [3563], Kenya | K000059253 | Yes | |||
Gillett, J.B. [20344], Kenya | K000059260 | No |
First published in Kew Bull. 24: 495 (1970)
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 24: 495, fig. 8 (1970).
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
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