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Indigofera nummulariifolia (L.)Alston

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera nummulariifolia (L.)Alston [Preferred name]
    Acanthonotus echinatus (Willd.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum erinaceum Poir. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum nummularifolium L. {Orthographic variant}
    Hedysarum nummulariifolium L. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum numularifolium L. {Orthographic variant}
    Hedysarum rotundifolium Vahl {Synonym}
    Indigofera echinata Willd. {Synonym}
    Indigofera nummularifolia (L.)Alston {Orthographic variant}
    Onobrychis cuneifolia (Roth)DC. {Synonym}
    Onobrychis rotundifolia (Vahl)Desv. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Burkina (N) [212]; Cameroon (N) [347]; Central African Rep. (N) [347]; Chad (N) [64]; Ghana (N) [347]; Guinea (N) [347]; Guinea Bissau (N) [347]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Mali (N) [347]; Mozambique (N) [347]; Namibia (N) [232]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [347]; Senegal (N) [347]; Somalia (N) [1764]; Sudan (N) [347]; Tanzania (N) [347]; Togo (N) [23]; Zaire (N) [347]; Zambia (N) [347]; Zimbabwe (N) [347]
  Asia
Cambodia (N) [1914, 1937]; Hainan (N) [3417]; India (N) [347, 1937, 3100, 3207, 3591]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Bihar [3207]; Karnataka [3207]; Kerala [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3100]; Orissa [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3207]; West Bengal [3207]; Sri Lanka (N) [347, 1937, 1957, 3859]; Taiwan (N) [3417]; Thailand (N) [1914, 1937]; Vietnam (N) [1914, 1937]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [347, 3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [347];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [347];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; anthropic habitats. [347];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 236, 1937, 1957, 2075, 3207, 3386, 3402, 3417] ; Distribution Map [3207] ; Illustration [210, 1937, 2075, 3207, 3417]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Echinatae Wight & Arn. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005

  
USES:
  Forage [14, 3207]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

210.

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

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

216.

  Torre, A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

232.

  Schreiber, A., 1980
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.

236.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

347.

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

1764.

  Thulin, M., 1989
    Nordic J.Bot. 8:457-488.new/noteworthy legumes NE Trop.Afr.

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1937.

  Thuan, N. et al., 1987
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2075.

  De Kort, I.& Thijsse, G., 1984
    Blumea 30 (1): 89-151. A rev. of Indigofera in S.E. Asia

2654.

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

3100.

  Kulkarni, B.G., 1988
    Flora of Sindhudurg

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.

3417.

  Fang, Y.Y. & Zheng, C.Z., 1994
    Indigofera &... In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 40 (Leguminosae 2)

3591.

  Roy, G.P. et al., 1992
    Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Chhatarpur & Damoh). New Delhi.

3859.

  Sanjappa, M., 1987
    J.Econ.Taxon.Bot. 10:329-346. The Indigoferas of Sri Lanka.
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