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Indigofera longiracemosa Baill.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera longiracemosa Baill. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera longeracemosa Baill. {Orthographic variant}
    Indigofera tinctoria var. brachycarpa Vatke {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aika [3402]; Aika Manga [3402]; Hengitra [3402]; Manga [3402]; Niagy [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [347]; Tanzania (N) [347, 3402]; Zanzibar [3402]
  Asia
India (N) [347, 3207, 3402]; Kerala [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3207]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (U) [3402]; Madagascar (N) [347, 3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 3207, 3386, 3402, 3898] ; Distribution Map [3207] ; Illustration [3207, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3402] [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [3402] [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Indigofera [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Domestic [3402]; Environmental [3898]; Medicine [3402]

  
NOTES:
  This species has been cultivated on Nosy Be. [3402]
  Indigofera longiracemosa Boivin Ex Baill.: Synonym [04/15/02 20:15] [3402]
  Indigofera longeracemosa Baillon: Accepted [04/15/02 20:15] [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

347.

  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

2654.

  Schrire, B.D., 1994
    Cladistic...tribe Indigofer.Adv.Leg.Syst.Phylogeny7,R.Bot.Gs

3207.

  Sanjappa, M., 1995
    In Hajra,PK et al.(eds). Fascicles of Fl.of Ind.21:123.Indig

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

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