- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Indigofera L.
Indigofera zanzibarica J.B.Gillett
[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[FTEA]
Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971
- Diagnostic
- Closely resembles I. drepanocarpa, but the leaves are elliptic and more or less cuneate or less often rounded at the base, never truncate or cordate, and the hairs on the stems and inflorescence-rhachis very sparse and appressed.
- Habitat
- Damp open places, often on sand; 0–100 m.; rainfall 560–1100 mm.
- Distribution
- not known elsewhere K7 P T3 T6
Native to:
Kenya, Tanzania
Indigofera zanzibarica J.B.Gillett appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Kew Bull. 24: 465 (1970)
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 Tropical East Africa
- Gillett in Kew Bulletin 24: 465 (1970).
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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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
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