Indigofera tanganyikensisBaker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Indigofera tanganyikensisBaker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Indigofera suaveolens
Indigofera tanganyikensis
Indigofera vohemarensis
Flora
Entry for INDIGOFERA tanganyikensis Bak. f. [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 tanganyikensisBak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1932).
Information
Erect or decumbent often shrubby herb, 0.2–1 m tall; young stems with spreading pubescence. Leaf-rhachis 10–50 mm long including a petiole of 1–2 mm. Leaflets 3–15, opposite, cuneate-oblong, up to 11 x 3 mm, strigose on both sides or glabrous above, channelled and glutinous at the margins. Racemes 2–3-flowered; peduncle up to 15 mm long, glabrescent. Calyx c. 1.5 mm long, divided to the middle. Standard pubescent outside. Stamens 4–6 mm long. Pod erect, 10–20 x 1.8 mm, straight, glabrous or strigulose, 7–10-seeded.