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Indigofera argentea Burm.f.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera argentea Burm.f. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Algeria (N) [332]; Chad (N) [347]; Egypt (N) [347]
    Ethiopia (N) [347]; Mali (N) [347]; Mauritania (N) [347]
    Niger (N) [347]; Socotra (N) [90]; Somalia (N) [347]
    Sudan (N) [347]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [347]; Iran (N) [347]; Pakistan (N) [332]
  Middle East
    Oman (N) [347]; Saudi Arabia (N) [332]
    South Yemen (N) [347]; Yemen (N) [347]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahara regional transition zone: desert. [332], Somalia-Masai shrubland [24]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1798]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1798,78]

  
NOTES:
  Doubtful record for Kenya; no specimen seen (Gillett, ref.347,p.69).


DATA SOURCES:

24.

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

78.

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

90.

   Balfour,I.B., 1887
    Trans.Roy.Soc.Edinb.31:1-446.Botany of Socotra
    Trans.Roy.Soc.Edinb.31:1-446.Botany of Socotra

332.

   Lebrun,J.-P., 1977
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.4. Elem atlas pl.vasc. de l'Afrique seche. 1
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.4. Elem atlas pl.vasc. de l'Afrique seche. 1

347.

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

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.

1798.

   Mahmood,A. & Iqbal,P., 1994
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
    Pak.J.Bot. 26:1-20. Nodulation status of Leg plants in Sindh
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