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Indigofera lateritia

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Name

Identification
Indigofera secundiflora Poir. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Indigofera glutinosa Schumach. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Indigofera lateritia Willd. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Indigofera lateritia
  • Indigofera secundiflora
  • Indigofera glutinosa

Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA viscosa Lam. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
INDIGOFERA viscosa Lam. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 227.
INDIGOFERA glutinosa Perrott. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. l.c. non Vahl.
INDIGOFERA lateritia Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Sp. Pl. 3. 1233.; DC. Prod. l.c.
INDIGOFERA consanguinea Klotzsch [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 50.
Information
Stems 1–4 ft. high, herbaceous, diffusely branched from the base, the branches more or less densely coated with stalked glands. Stipules linear. Petioles 1/2–1 in. long, erecto-patent. Leaflets 7–13, oblanceolate or obovate, 1/2– 5/8 in. long, the apex rounded and mucronate, the lateral ones distant, opposite, subsessile, both sides glaucous, thinly silvery. Flowers in lax racemes of 4–6 each on axillary peduncles 1/2–1 in. long. Pedicels very short. Calyx a line deep, not silvery, the teeth setaceous, reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla reddish, twice as long as the calyx. Pod linear, mucronate, 1/2–1 in. long, 1 line broad, subterete, slightly torulose, glandular, 10–12-seeded.
Range
A common East Indian species, extending eastward to Queensland.
Distribution
Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Bojer!Mozamb. Dist. Quillimane, Peters!Nubia Nile Land Kotschy!Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!Senegambia Upper Guinea Perrottet!Niger Upper Guinea Barter!

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