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Indigofera schimperi Jaub. & Spach

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera schimperi Jaub. & Spach [Accepted]
    Indigofera baukeana Vatke {Synonym}
    Indigofera oblongifolia sensu Brenan {Misapplied Name}
    Indigofera tettensis Klotzsch {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [216]; Botswana (N) [347]
    Djibouti (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [347]; Kenya (N) [347]
    Malawi (N) [347]; Mozambique (N) [347]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [232]; Somalia (N) [347]
    South Africa (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]
    Swaziland (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [347]; Uganda (N) [347]
    Zambia (N) [347]; Zimbabwe (N) [347]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210], Sudanian grasslands [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:
  Forage [1785,347]

  
NOTES:
  4 varieties; schimperi, baukeana, crispidula, parvifoliolata (G,r.347,p.116).
  Nodulation data also from Indigofera tettensis Klotsch [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

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

216.

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

232.

   Schreiber,A., 1980
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.
    60.Papilion.In:Prodr.Flora von Sudwestafrika.Merxmuller,H.

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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