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Indigofera oblongifolia Forssk.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera oblongifolia Forssk. [Preferred name]
    Bremontiera ammoxylon var. burmannii DC. {Synonym}
    Indigofera argentea sensu Roxb. {Misapplied}
    Indigofera desmodioides sensu Baker {Misapplied}
    Indigofera lotoides Lam. {Synonym}
    Indigofera oblongifolia var. carposphigma Schweinf. {Synonym}
    Indigofera paucifolia Delile {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ingitrala [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [347]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [347]; Djibouti (N) [8]; Egypt (N) [347]; Ethiopia (N) [347]; Mali (N) [212]; Mauritania (N) [347]; Niger (N) [347]; Nigeria (N) [347]; Senegal (N) [347]; Socotra (N) [347]; Somalia (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
  Asia
India (N) [347, 3094, 3207, 3366, 3373]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3207]; Diu [3094]; Gujarat [3207]; Haryana [3373]; Karnataka [3207]; Madhaya Pradesh [3207]; Maharashtra [3366]; Punjab [3207]; Rajasthan [3207]; Tamil Nadu [3207]; Uttar Pradesh [3207]; Indonesia (N) [347, 2075, 3898]; Iran (N) [1939]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Pakistan (N) [347, 1938]; Sri Lanka (N) [347, 1957]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (U) [1982, 3402]
  Middle East
Bahrain (N) [347]; Jordan (N) [347]; Oman (N) [347]; Saudi Arabia (N) [347]; South Yemen (N) [347]; Yemen (N) [347]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld Regional Transition Zone - woodland [222];
    Sahel regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [24];
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [24];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [222];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [222];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 1859, 1938, 1957, 2075, 3207, 3402, 3898] ; Illustration [1859, 1938, 3207, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3898], Shrub [3402] [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Alternifoliae Harv. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 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:
  Forage [14, 347]; Medicine [14, 3030, 3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

14.

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

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

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

222.

  Harvey, W.H. & Sonder, O, W,, 1865
    Flora Capensis Vol.2

347.

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

1859.

  Collenette, 1985
    Flowers of Saudi Arabia

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

1957.

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

1982.

  Du Puy, D.J., 1993
    Legumes of Madagascar. Typescripte.

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

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3207.

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

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3373.

  Kumar, S., 2000
    ..Leguminosae of Haryana. Indian J. Forest. Addit Ser. 11

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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