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Indigofera lyallii Baker

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera lyallii Baker [Preferred name]
Indigofera mangokyensis R.Vig., p.p.C {Synonym}

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Ahikaomby [3402]; Aikafatray [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Malawi (N) [347, 3402]; Mozambique (N) [347, 3402]; South Africa (N) [347, 3402]; Zimbabwe (N) [347, 3402]
Indian Ocean: Madagascar (N) [347, 3402]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [3402] ; Illustration [3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Habit: Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect.Psiloceratiae (J.B.Gillett)Schrire [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

USES:
	Medicine [3402]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

3402.		Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
		The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

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