- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera nairobiensis Baker f.

[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Afromontane grassland, Somalia-Masai grasslands
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb with a woody rootstock, the branches usually procumbent but sometimes more or less erect, up to 50 cm. long, more or less strigose, the hairs appressed or, sometimes, spreading at the tips.
- Morphology Leaves
- Stipules brownish, more or less pilose, triangular at the base and ± attenuate, 2–7 mm. long; rhachis up to 15(–20) mm. long, including a petiole of rarely over 1 mm., usually not prolonged beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets 5–11, narrowly cuneate-oblong or oblanceolate, up to 15 mm. long and 5 mm. wide, appressed strigose on both surfaces, red-black processes often present in their axils.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes 3–15-flowered; peduncle sparingly strigose or glabrescent, 1.2–6 cm. long; bracts linear, up to 4 mm. long; pedicels pubescent, 1–1.5 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx strigose; tube 1 mm.; lobes subulate, 1–3 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla puberulent outside.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6–7 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods rather tetragonal, 15–30 mm. long, ± 2 mm. wide and 1.7 mm. thick, sparsely strigulose, 6–13-seeded; endocarp spotted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds pitted.
Native to:
Kenya, Tanzania
Indigofera nairobiensis Baker f. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jun 24, 1954 | Napier, E.R. [444], Kenya | K000059920 | No | ||
Jun 24, 1954 | Johnston, M.J. [160], Kenya | K000059916 | No | ||
Jun 24, 1954 | Dowson, W.J. [196], Kenya | K000059909 | No | ||
Bally, P.R.O. [7720], Kenya | K000059907 | No | |||
Bogdan, A. [4624], Kenya | K000059899 | Yes | |||
Napier, E.R. [2380], Kenya | K000059915 | No | |||
Battiscombe, E. [743], Kenya | K000059906 | Yes | |||
Carter, S. [396], Kenya | K000059898 | Yes | |||
Glover, P.E. [2095], Kenya | K000059928 | No | |||
Bally, P.R.O. [7809], Kenya | K000059908 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [3140], Kenya | K000059922 | No |
First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 124 (1911)
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
- Bak. f. in F. Fedde, Repertorium Speciorum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 10: 124 (1911).
- Gillett in Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. 1: 49 (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
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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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