Indigofera oligophylla Klotzsch

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

Morphology General Habit

Prostrate short-lived perennial, everywhere covered by a rather dense appressed greyish indumentum.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 3–5-foliolate; stipules subulate, stiffly erect, up to 2 mm. long; rhachis, including a petiole of up to 10 mm., up to 13 mm. long, not, or but shortly, prolonged beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets linear-lanceolate, the terminal up to 30 mm. long and 2.5 mm. wide, the lateral usually smaller.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes many-flowered, up to 35 mm. long, including a peduncle of up to 7 mm.; bracts ± 1 mm. long, very caducous; pedicels under 1 mm. long, reflexed in fruit.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx deeply divided into subulate lobes, 4 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla silvery outside, 4.5 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 4–4.5 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style

Style rather persistent, ± 3 mm. long, bent above the middle.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod curved, flat, swollen above the 3–5 seeds but without a lateral ridge, up to 11 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, 0.9 mm. thick; endocarp not mottled.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds orange, subquadrate, smooth or slightly corrugated.

Habitat

Sand at high tide-mark; rainfall ± 1000 mm.

Distribution

T6