Indigofera sabulicolaBenth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Indigofera microcarpaDesv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Alan W. Lievens, 1994
Related name
Indigofera berottelii
Indigofera campestris
Indigofera richardiana
Indigofera disperma
Indigofera boiviniana
Indigofera domingensis
Dalea tephrosioides
Indigofera arenaria
Indigofera microcarpa
Indigofera perrottetii
Indigofera sabulicola
Common name
(Senegal) balhamadi diéri (JB) (SENEGAL, PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
balhamadi diéri (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for INDIGOFERA microcarpa Desv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Prostrate herb, white strigose or pubescent. Leaf-rhachis up to 45 mm long including a petiole of up to 10 mm. Leaflets 7–11, opposite, oblanceolate, up to 20 x 7 mm, dotted with impressed glands beneath. Racemes dense, up to 5 cm long, including a peduncle of up to 1 cm. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, hirsute, deeply divided into narrow lobes. Stamens c. 3 mm long. Pod up to 8 x 2.5 mm, torulose, reflexed, indehiscent, pubescent, 2–4-seeded.
