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Indigofera spicata Forssk.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera spicata Forssk. [Preferred name]
    Indgofera endecaphylla sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Indgofera hendecaphylla sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Indgofera parkeri Baker {Synonym}
    Indgofera spicata sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Indigofera compressa sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Indigofera endecaphylla sensu auct.div., p.p. {Orthographic variant}
    Indigofera enneaphylla sensu auct. {Synonym}
    Indigofera hendecaphylla sensu auct.div., p.p. {Misapplied}
    Indigofera neglecta N.E.Br. {Synonym}
    Indigofera parkeri Baker {Synonym}
    Indigofera parvula sensu Robyns {Misapplied}
    Indigofera pusilla Lam. {Synonym}
    Indigofera spikata sensu auct.div., p.p. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Anky [3402]; Creeping Indigo [1919]; Famafatsambo [3402]; Indigo [1941]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burkina (N) [2667]; Burundi (N) [2667]; Cameroon (N) [2667]; Central African Rep. (N) [2667]; Ethiopia (N) [2667]; Kenya (N) [2667]; Malawi (N) [2667]; Mozambique (N) [2667]; Rwanda (N) [2667]; South Africa (N) [2667]; Sudan (N) [2667]; Tanzania (N) [2667]; Uganda (N) [2667]; Zaire (N) [2667]; Zambia (N) [2667]; Zimbabwe (N) [2667]
  Asia
China (N) [3417]; Guangdong [3417]; Yunnan [3417]; Taiwan (N) [3417]
  Australasia
Australia (U) [1915]
  Central America
Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [347, 1915, 2667, 3402]; Mauritius (N) [1915, 2667]; Reunion (U) [1915]
  Middle East
Yemen (N) [347]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 261, 1056, 1915, 1929, 1941, 1957, 2075, 2658, 3057, 3348, 3402, 3417] ; Illustration [24, 210, 220, 384, 1915, 1929, 2667, 3402, 3417]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402], Not climbing [3066] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348], 2005-10 von Raab-Straube E - Ed.scr.German Names ; Habit: Herb [1941] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Alternifoliae Harv. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ir

  
USES:
  Environmental [347]; Forage [347, 3402]; Toxins [347]; Weed [1915]

  
NOTES:
  Subsection Alternifoliae. []
  I.neglecta N.E.Br. may deserve intraspecific rank. [2298]
  Descrptns in [210 & 1915] refer to I.spicata Forssk. and I.hendecaphylla Jacq. [2654]
  Very similar to I. hendecaphylla Jacq. and were treated as the same species [3402]
  until recently. The name I. spicata was usually understood to refer to the [3402]
  species correctly known as I. hendecaphylla. [3402]

  
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    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

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1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
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  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2075.

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