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Indigofera spirocarpa

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Identification
Indigofera spirocarpa Harms [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Indigofera circinella Baker f. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Cronquist, 1951
Related name
  • Indigofera circinella
  • Indigofera spirocarpa

Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA circinella Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
INDIGOFERA circinella Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in J.B. 44: 314 (1906); F.P.N.A. 1: 296, t. 27 (1948); T.T.C.L.: 426 (1949); Cronquist in F.C.B. 5: 148 (1954); Gillett in K.B., Add. Ser. 1: 120 (1958). Type: Kenya, Mau escarpment, Scott Elliot 6892 (BM, holo.!, K, iso.!)
INDIGOFERA spirocarpa Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Z.A.E. 2: 252 (1911). Types: Congo, N. of Lake Edward, Kasindi, Mildbraed 1924 & Tanganyika, Bukoba District, Kafuro, Stuhlmann 1814 (both B, †)
Information
Procumbent herb with a stout perennial taproot, much resembling certain forms of I. spicata except for the fruits which are brown, subtorulose, spirally coiled, almost indehiscent, 15–20 mm. long, ± 1.4 mm. wide and 1.8 mm. thick; endocarp spotted; seeds 5–6, oblong, brown, angular, pitted. Leaflets 4–7, oblanceolate or cuneate-obovate, not above ± 10 mm. long and 4 mm. wide, strigulose or glabrous above. Inflorescence not above 1.5 cm. long, almost sessile. Stamens 2.5–3 mm., about as long as calyx.
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K3–6; T1, 4–6 eastern Congo
Altitude range
50–2100 m.
Distribution
KENYA Fort Hall/Kiambu District Thika, 16 Jan. 1947, Bogdan 43!KENYA Kiambu, 15 Feb. 1932, Napier 1794 !KENYA Kisumu, 20 Mar. 1922, Butler 34 !TANGANYIKA Bukoba District Missenyi, Kagera Port, Nov. 1931, Haarer 2347!TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Ukerewe I. or near, 10 Apr. 1929, Conrads in E.A.H. 10377!TANGANYIKA Buha District Kasulu, Hem Chini, 27 Feb. 1931, Rounce 31 !UGANDA Ankole District 16 Mar. 1930, Snowden 1655!UGANDA Busoga District near Kaliro, Bugonzo, 30 Apr. 1953, G. H. S. Wood 717!UGANDA Masaka District Biwolobo, Sept. 1945, Purseglove 1820 !
Distribution (external)
Rwanda
Burundi
Rhodesia

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