- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera sparteola Chiov.
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Insufficiently known
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Type
- C1, from Hobyo to “Sissib”, Puccioni & Stefanini 397 and near “Durgale”, Puccioni & Stefanini 436 (both FT syn.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrublet, up to c. 50 cm high; young stems completely covered by appressed silvery hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves digitately 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate; petiole 0–6 mm long
- Morphology Leaves Leaflets
- Leaflets narrowly elliptic, 5–20 x 1.5–3 mm, acute at the apex, silvery strigose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Racemes c. 10–20-flowered; rhachis 30–110 mm long including peduncle of up to c. 10 mm, densely silvery strigose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 2–3 mm long, divided to below the middle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Standard strigose outside, soon falling
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4–5 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Pods deflexed, straight or almost so, c. 10–20 x 1.5 mm, laterally flattened, markedly constricted between the seeds and with a distinct swelling over each seed, silvery strigose, c. 3–5-seeded.
- Distribution
- N3; C1; S2 (south to c. 2°39’N) not known elsewhere.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 10–310 m.
Native to:
Somalia
Indigofera sparteola Chiov. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Fl. Somala 1: 140 (1929)
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 Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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International Legume Database and Information Service
International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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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