- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera schliebenii Harms
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Zambezian woodland, Afromontane grassland, Montane woodland, Zambezian grassland
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Morphology General Habit
- An erect annual or short-lived perennial up to 1 m. tall, appressed brown and white strigose without multicellular hairs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Stipules subulate, up to 3 mm. long; rhachis, including a petiole of 1–3 mm., up to 17 mm. long, prolonged 0–3 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets 3 or rarely 5, oblanceolate, up to 20 mm. long and 5 mm. wide, the terminal longer than the lateral, strigose on both surfaces.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes very dense, 15–20-flowered, ± blackish strigose, the fertile part 1–2 cm., the peduncle up to 3 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx blackish strigose, 2–3 mm. long, divided almost to the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Standard pointed, dark strigose outside. Keel rostrate, blackish strigose near the tip.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens ± 3 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pod up to 4 mm. long and 1.5 mm. wide, with black or grey biramous hairs, without multicellular hairs, 1–2-seeded; endocarp not spotted.
- Habitat
- Upland grassland and woodland; 1600–1800 m.; rainfall 1000–1500 mm.
- Distribution
- T4 T7 SE. Congo
Native to:
Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre
Indigofera schliebenii Harms appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Nov 6, 2008 | Selemani, H.O. [272], Tanzania | K000624222 | No | ||
Bidgood, G.S. [832], Tanzania | K000624223 | No | |||
Magogo, F.C. [2458], Tanzania | K000624224 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [10992], Tanzania | K000624227 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [10992], Tanzania | K000624225 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [10992], Tanzania | K000624226 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [8612], Tanzania | K000514575 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [17681], Tanzania | K000514576 | No | |||
Thulin, M. [3248], Tanzania | K000514573 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [8612], Tanzania | K000514574 | No | |||
Scaetta, H. [1743], Congo, DRC | K000624228 | No |
First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 399 (1932)
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
- Cronquist in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 156 (1954).
- Gillett in Kew Bulletin, Add. Ser. 1: 81 (1958).
- Harms in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 11: 399 (1932).
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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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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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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/
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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