VERNACULAR NAME: |
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| Engitsy [3402] | |
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
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HABITATS:
Africa
Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
Sudanian grasslands [210];
Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];
LITERATURE POINTERS: |
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| Description [210, 3402] ; Illustration [24, 210, 3402] | |
DESCRIPTORS: |
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| Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3402], Perennial [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Monanthae Wight & Arn. [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005) | |
USES: |
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| Domestic [3402] | |
NOTES:
Subsection Monanthae. [2654]
The African material appears to be different, probably belonging to a new sp. []
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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24. |
Thulin, M., 1983 | |
| Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia |
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210. |
Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971 | |
| Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill |
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347. |
Gillett, J.B., 1958 | |
| Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa. |
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2654. |
Schrire, B.D., 1994 | |
| Cladistic...tribe Indigofer.Adv.Leg.Syst.Phylogeny7,R.Bot.Gs |
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3402. |
Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002 | |
| The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew. |
