Indigofera paucistrigosa J.B.Gillett

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

Morphology General Habit

Softly woody shrub up to 1.3 m. tall; branches cylindrical, brown, almost glabrous.

Morphology Leaves

Stipules subulate, ± 2 mm. long; stipellae subulate, 1.5 mm. long; rhachis almost glabrous, up to 7 cm. long, including a petiole of 12–17 mm., prolonged 7–12 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; petiolules up to 2.5 mm. long; leaflets 5–9, obovate or almost orbicular, broadly cuneate at the base, emarginate and apiculate at the apex, up to 18 mm. long and 14 mm. wide, glabrous above, finely strigulose beneath.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Raceme almost glabrous, many-flowered, up to 14 cm. long, including a peduncle of 1.5–3 cm.; bracts narrowly triangular, up to 1.5 mm. long, caducous; pedicels strigulose, up to 3 mm. long in flower, spreading or subreflexed and up to 4 mm. long in fruit.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx strigulose, ± 2 mm. long; lobes broadly triangular, shorter than the tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla strigulose outside.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 13–15 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod almost 6 cm. long, ± 4 mm. wide and 2 mm. thick.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds 10–11, well separated.

Habitat

Stony hill clothed with Brachystegia microphylla; ± 1200 m.; rainfall ± 1000 mm.

Distribution

T1