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Indigofera oblongifolia Forsskal

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera oblongifolia Forsskal [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [347]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [347]
    Djibouti (N) [8]; Egypt (N) [347]; Ethiopia (N) [347]
    Mali (N) [212]; Mauritania (N) [347]; Niger (N) [347]
    Nigeria (N) [347]; Senegal (N) [347]; Socotra (N) [347]
    Somalia (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
  Asia
    India-ISO (N) [347]; Indonesia-ISO (N) [347]
    Pakistan (N) [347]; Sri Lanka (N) [347]
  Middle East
    Bahrain (N) [347]; Jordan (N) [347]; Oman (N) [347]
    Saudi Arabia (N) [347]; South Yemen (N) [347]
    Yemen (N) [347]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld Regional Transition Zone - woodland [216,222]
    Sahel regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [24]
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [24]
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [222], Somalia-Masai grasslands [222]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1798]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1798,14,347]; Medicine [1798,14,347,14]

  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

14.

   Dalziel,J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

24.

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

212.

   Hepper,F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

216.

   Torre,A.R. et al., 1966
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez
    Papilionoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 3.Exell & Fernandez

222.

   Harvey,W.H. & Sonder,O,W,, 1865
    Flora Capensis Vol.2
    Flora Capensis Vol.2

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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