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Indigofera arrecta A.Rich.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera arrecta A.Rich. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [347]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [347]
    Ethiopia (N) [347]; Gabon (N) [16]; Gambia The (N) [347]
    Ghana (N) [347]; Guinea (N) [347]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [347]; Kenya (N) [347]
    Malawi (N) [347]; Mali (N) [347]; Mozambique (N) [347]
    Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [347]; Rwanda (N) [220]
    Senegal (N) [347]; Somalia (N) [347]
    South Africa (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
    Swaziland (N) [233]; Tanzania (N) [347]; Togo (N) [23]
    Uganda (N) [347]; Zaire (N) [347]; Zambia (N) [347]
    Zimbabwe (N) [347]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [347]
  Middle East
    Saudi Arabia (N) [347]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210]
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210], Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210]
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210], Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210]
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210,347]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental [1785,347]; Chemical products; Domestic; Medicine; Miscellaneous;

  
NOTES:
  Probably hybridises with I.tinctoria (Gillett. ref.347,p.105).
  Range much extended by cultivation (FTEA, ref.210).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

16.

   Pellegrin,F., 1949
    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1
    Les Legumineuses du Gabon.Mem.Inst.d'Etudes Centrafr.1

23.

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

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

210.

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

220.

   Troupin,G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda
    Flore du Rwanda

233.

   Compton,L., 1966
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11

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.
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