- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera malongensis Cronquist
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect herb or subshrub up to 1 m. tall, branches glabrous or glabrescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-rhachis up to 5 cm. long, including a petiole of 2–3 mm.; stipules subulate-setaceous, 2–3 mm. long; stipellae filiform 0.4–0.8 mm. long; leaflets 9–13, nearly always alternate, elliptic, rounded or broadly acute and apiculate at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, darker above than beneath, sparsely strigulose on both surfaces, increasing in size towards the leaf-tip, up to 20 mm. long and 13 mm. wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes axillary, loosely 10–25-flowered, 4–5 cm. long, including a peduncle of ±1 cm.; bracts filiform, ±2 mm. long, very caducous; flowering pedicels spreading, up to 5 mm. long, fruiting pedicels ascending, up to 7 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx strigulose with narrowly triangular lobes, up to 2 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Standard appressed white pubescent outside.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Staminal sheath ±4 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pod nearly straight, up to 25 mm. long, ±1.5 mm. wide, 4–6-seeded.
- Habitat
- Dense thickets on hills in Brachystegia woodland; 450 m.
- Distribution
- NE. Zambia T8
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian bushland and thicket
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Native to:
Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre
Indigofera malongensis Cronquist appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 220 (1952)
Accepted by
- 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.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Schrire, B.D. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca 3(4): 1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Cronq., 133a.in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 22:220 (1952)
- Cronquist in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5:147 (1954).
- Gillett in Kew Bulletin 24:468 (1970).
- Gillett in Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. 1:115 (1958)
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
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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