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Indigofera hilaris Ecklon & Zeyher

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera hilaris Ecklon & Zeyher [Accepted]
    Indigofera hybrida N.E.Br. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Lesotho (N) [359]; Malawi (N) [347]; Mozambique (N) [347]
    South Africa (N) [347]; Swaziland (N) [233]
    Tanzania (N) [347]; Zaire (N) [347]; Zambia (N) [347]
    Zimbabwe (N) [347]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Very variable (Gillett ref.347,p.61).
  Swaziland specimen at K looks very atypical.
  Gillett (ref.347,p.61) includes I.patula in this taxon.


DATA SOURCES:

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

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.

359.

   Jacot Guillarmod,A., 1971
    Flora of Lesotho.Lehre,Cramer
    Flora of Lesotho.Lehre,Cramer

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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