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Indigofera astragalina DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera astragalina DC. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [347]; Botswana (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [210]
    Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [347]
    Kenya (N) [347]; Malawi (N) [347]; Mali (N) [347]
    Mauritania (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [347]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [347]; Niger (N) [347]; Nigeria (N) [347]
    Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [347]
    South Africa (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
    Tanzania (N) [347]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [347]
    Zambia (N) [347]; Zimbabwe (N) [347]
  Asia
    Burma (N) [210]; India-ISO (N) [347]; Pakistan (N) [210]
    Sri Lanka (N) [347]
  Caribbean
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; anthropic landscapes [210]
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [210]
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210], Somalia-Masai grasslands [210]
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210], Sudanian grasslands [210]
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine

  
NOTES:
  Much confused with I.hirsuta (FTEA, ref.210, Gillett, ref.347,p.110).
  Some introgressive hybridisation may occur where ranges overlap (JBG ref.347).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

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

217.

   Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae

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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