Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Indigofera L.

Indigofera peltata J.B.Gillett

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tanzania to Zambia.

[FTEA]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial with an underground woody rootstock and erect subglabrous annual shoots up to 30 cm. long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 1-foliolate; stipules narrowly triangular, strigose, up to 7 mm. long; petiole almost glabrous, up to 12 cm. long; stipellae glabrous, 2–3 mm. long; petiolule blackish, 4–5 mm. long; leaflet peltate, ovate, up to 14 cm. long and 10 cm. wide, glabrous above, sparsely appressed strigose beneath with biramous hairs; midrib, principal nerves and reticulate venation strongly and clearly developed; insertion of petiolule about twice as close to the base as to the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes precocious, 2–3 on each shoot, in the axils of reduced scale-like leaves below the foliage leaves or, occasionally, the uppermost in the axil of the lowest foliage leaf, many-flowered, after flowering up to 12 cm. long, including a peduncle of up to 2 cm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers closely resembling those of 106, I. rhynchocarpa and 104, I. garckeana.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary white strigulose, 11–12-ovulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod unknown.
Habitat
Red gritty soil on hillsides in fireswept deciduous woodland; 1200 m.; rainfall perhaps 900 mm.
Distribution
T4

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb

Native to:

Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Indigofera peltata J.B.Gillett appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Richards, H.M. [11572], Tanzania K000392844 holotype Yes
Richards, H.M. [11572], Tanzania K000392845 holotype Yes

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 37: t. 3625 (1967)

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

  • Gillett in Hook., Ic. Pl. 7, t. 3625 (1967).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0