Compilation
Indigofera longebarbata

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Identification

Indigofera longebarbata Engl. [family FABACEAE ]

Entry for Indigofera longebarbata Engl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

Herbarium

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Collection

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Resource Type

Reference Sources

Entry From

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,

Names

Indigofera longebarbata Engl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Hochgebirgsflora Afr. 257 (1892); Bak. f. l.c. 147; Cronq. l.c. 141.

Information

Erect, sub-woody herb, up to 3 ft. high.

Range

Usually above 4,800 ft., from Abyssinia to Angola and east Cape Province.

Distribution

N. Nig. Naraguta (Aug.) Lely 510! Keay FHI 20063! Vom Dent Young 45! Bauchi Plateau (Aug.) Lely P. 577!Br. Cam. Bambulue, Bamenda Johnstone 221/31!

Notes

[Closely related to I. hirsuta and replacing it at higher altitudes; intermediate plants occur.]