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Indigofera colutea (Burm.f.)Merr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera colutea (Burm.f.)Merr. [Preferred name]
    Galega colutea Burm.f. {Synonym}
    Indigofera consanguinea Klotzsch {Synonym}
    Indigofera glutinosa DC. {Synonym}
    Indigofera inquinans Willd. {Synonym}
    Indigofera junodii N.E.Br. {Synonym}
    Indigofera lateria Willd. {Synonym}
    Indigofera multifoliata De Wild. {Synonym}
    Indigofera seticulosa Harv. {Synonym}
    Indigofera viscosa Lam. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia colutea (Burm.f.)Pers. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [363]; Botswana (N) [8]; Cape Verde (N) [363]; Djibouti (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [363]; Kenya (N) [363]; Malawi (N) [363]; Mali (N) [363]; Mozambique (N) [363]; Namibia (N) [363]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [363]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [363]; Socotra (N) [363]; Somalia (N) [363]; South Africa (N) [363]; Sudan (N) [363]; Tanzania (N) [363]; Uganda (N) [363]; Zaire (N) [363]; Zambia (N) [363]; Zimbabwe (N) [363]
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [1939]; East Timor (N) [261]; India (N) [363, 1937, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3119, 3207, 3366, 3377, 3386, 3859]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3366]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3366]; Kerala [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3207]; Maharashtra [3859]; Manipur [3207]; Meghalaya [3207]; Mizoram [3207]; Nagaland [3207]; Orissa [3386]; Pondicherry [3207]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3207]; Uttar Pradesh [3207]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [363, 1937, 2075, 3206]; Bali [2075]; Irian Jaya (N) [2075]; Jawa (N) [3206]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [2075]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1937, 3206]; Pakistan (N) [363, 1938]; Sri Lanka (N) [363, 1937, 1957, 2075, 3859]; Sulawesi (N) [2075]; Thailand (N) [2075]; Vietnam (N) [1937, 2075]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [363]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261, 2075]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1597]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [363]
  North America
United States (U) [2658]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (U) [1914]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 261, 1937, 1957, 2010, 2075, 2658, 3206, 3207, 3859, 3898] ; Illustration [24, 210, 220, 261, 2010, 2075, 3207, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261], Shrub [3581] ; Lifespan: Annual [261], Perennial [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Viscosae Rydberg. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
NOTES:
  Five vars.(Gillett ref.347); not maintained in FTEA,(ref.210). []
  Subsection Viscosae [2654]
  Two varities recognised by Thulin, colutea and somalensis (Bak.f.)J.B.Gillett. [24]
  Widespread throughout the Old World. [3490]

  
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    N.Amer.Fl.24(3):137-200 Fabaceae-Indigofereae, Galegeae(par

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
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    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

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  Ali, S.I., 1977
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