Entry for INDIGOFERA endecaphylla Jacq. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
INDIGOFERA endecaphyllaJacq. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Ic. Rar. t. 570;—DC. Prod. 2. p. 228.
INDIGOFERA ancepsVahl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. l. c. Zey.! 488.
Information
herbaceous, procumbent or prostrate, thinly strigillose or subglabrous; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7–11, alternate, obovate-oblong or linear-oblong, expanded, glaucescent, thinly strigillose beneath (sometimes on both sides); stipules membranous, dimidiate, oblong acuminate; racemes spicate, on peduncles shorter than the leaves, densely many flowered; calyx setaceo-subulate; petals glabrous; legumes subquadrangular-terete, slightly constricted between the seeds, 8–10 seeded, pendulous, thinly strigillose. A native also of tropical Africa. Root annual. Stems 6 inches to 2 feet long, glabrous or strigillose. Pubescence sometimes scanty. Leaflets 5–10 lines long, varying much in breadth, 2–4 lines wide; sometimes drying pale, sometimes a dark glaucous green. Flowers small. Legumes 1–1 1/4 inch long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Crocodile River, Burke & Zeyher! β. Port Natal, Gueinzius! 195, 283. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)
