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Indigofera hirsuta L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera hirsuta L. [Preferred name]
    Anila hirsuta (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Indigofera ferruginea Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Indigofera fusca G.Don {Synonym}
    Indigofera hirsuta var. pumila Baker {Synonym}
    Indigofera indica Mill. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Angitratainakoho [3402]; Chota Sirphonka [3207]; Famafasambo [3402]; Hairy Indigo [1902, 1917, 3207]; Patry [3402]; Sarivoanjo [3402]; Sarivongo [3402]; Takotsifotra [3402]; Tsiasotry [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [347]; Benin (N) [347]; Botswana (N) [347]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [347]; Cape Verde (N) [347]; Central African Rep. (N) [347]; Chad (N) [64]; Congo (N) [347]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Gabon (N) [347]; Gambia The (N) [347]; Ghana (N) [347]; Guinea (N) [347]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [347]; Liberia (N) [347]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [347]; Mozambique (N) [347]; Namibia (N) [8]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [347]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [347]; Senegal (N) [347]; Sierra Leone (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]; Tanzania (N) [347]; Togo (N) [347]; Uganda (N) [347]; Zaire (N) [347]; Zambia (N) [347]; Zimbabwe (N) [347]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [347, 1179, 1937, 3417]; Fujian [3417]; Guangdong [3417]; Guangxi [3417]; Hunan [3417]; Yunnan [3417]; Zhejiang [3417]; India (N) [347, 1914, 1937, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3101, 3119, 3140, 3143, 3144, 3207, 3373, 3376, 3384, 3681]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Assam [3207]; Bihar [3031]; Goa [3207]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Karnataka [3207]; Kerala [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3681]; Maharashtra [3101]; Meghalaya [3207]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3143]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [261, 1937, 2075, 3898]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1937]; Malaysia (N) [2075, 2111, 3004]; Myanmar (N) [347, 1914, 3206]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [347, 3963]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Singapore (N) [1914, 2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [347, 1937, 1957, 3859]; Sulawesi (N) [2075]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 1937, 3417]; Thailand (N) [1937]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [347, 1880, 1915]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261, 347]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1290, 1430, 1597]
  Central America
Costa Rica (I) [1367]; El Salvador (I) [2156]; Guatemala (I) [1408]; Mexico(South East) (I) [1188]; Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Christmas I (U) [3920]; Comoro Is (U) [3402, 4747]; Anjouan I [4747]; Madagascar (N) [347, 1915, 3402]; Reunion (N) [1915]
  North America
United States (I) [2305, 3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Nauru (I) [2235]; Niue (I) [2266]; Samoa-JML (U) [2265]
  South America
Brazil (U) [1414, 1597]; French Guiana (U) [1408]; Guyana (U) [1597]; Peru (I) [2090]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 261, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1929, 1937, 1957, 2075, 2266, 3207, 3348, 3386, 3402, 3417, 3898, 3920] ; Illustration [210, 236, 261, 1915, 1919, 1929, 2075, 3207, 3386, 3417]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915] [3402], Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1915] [3402], Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Hirsutae Rydberg [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novosel

  
USES:
  Chemical products [2075]; Environmental [347, 2075]; Forage [347, 2075, 3030]; Medicine [14, 2075, 3030, 3402]; Toxins [2075]

  
NOTES:
  Some hybridisation may occur with I.astragalina (G.ref.347,p.110). []
  Intermediates of hybridisation in the Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2669]
  Widespread in the Old World; introduced in the New World. [2075]
  I.astragalina is sometimes synonymised with this, but is distinct in Africa. [2075]
  Voelzkow mentions Erythrina hirsuta as being present on Anjouan, but this is [3084]
  probably a typographical error for Indigofera hisuta. [3084]

  
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