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Indigofera suaveolens

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Name

Identification
Indigofera suaveolens Jaub.&Spach [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Indigofera kerensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
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Flora

Entry for INDIGOFERA suaveolens Jaub. & Spach [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 suaveolens Jaub. & Spach [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1856).
INDIGOFERA kerensis Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1908).
Information
Shrublet, much-branched; young stems appressed silvery pubescent. Leaves 5-foliolate or digitately to pinnately 3-foliolate; petiole 2–7 mm long; leaflets opposite, narrowly obovate, up to 12 mm long, sparsely strigose on both sides. Racemes 2–4-flowered; peduncle up to c. 6 mm long. Calyx 1.5–2 mm long, deeply divided. Standard pubescent outside. Stamens 4–5 mm long. Pod c. 17–25 x 1.6–2 mm, subtetragonous, thinly strigose, 6–12-seeded.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1, 2
Altitude range
150–1080 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 5326; Gillett & Hemming 24078, 24696.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Niger
Notes
Cahn-sole (Som.).

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