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Indigofera colutea

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Name

Identification
Indigofera colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Indigofera colutea
Common name
  • (Senegal) bedrine (JB) eblèm (JB) stangalli (JB) tangle (JB) (SENEGAL, ARABIC), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • ñañalé (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kèènie (CG) (MALI, DOGON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • diéné gala sina (JB) zañi (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. [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]
Names
INDIGOFERA colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1921);
Galega colutea Burm. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1768). [type as above]
INDIGOFERA viscosa Lam. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1789).
Information
Erect or spreading annual or short-lived perennial herb, 10–90 cm tall, appressed or spreading strigose throughout and in most parts also with erect multicellular glandular hairs. Leaf-rhachis up to 7 cm long including a petiole longer than the basal leaflets. Leaflets 9–11, elliptic-oblong, up to 14 x 4 mm, glandular hairs present on margins. Racemes 7–20-flowered; peduncle up to 7–12 mm long. Calyx c. 2 mm long, deeply divided. Corolla pubescent outside. Stamens 3–3.5(–4) mm long. Style 1.2–1.6 mm long, slightly curved upwards. Pod up to 18–23 x 1.8 mm, spreading, straight, densely covered with erect glandular hairs, 8–14-seeded.

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