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Information on the genus : Indigofera |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Indigofera tinctoria L. var. tinctoria (1753) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Indigofera bergii Vatke ex Engl. (1894) |
=Indigofera anil var. orthocarpa DC. |
=*Indigofera orthocarpa (DC.) O. Berg (1871) non C.Presl |
=Indigofera tinctoria var. microcarpa A. Chev. (1935) |
=Indigofera houer Forssk. |
=Indigofera argentea L. |
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Taxon infra-specific |
Indigofera tinctoria var. arcuata J.B. Gillett (1970) |
Indigofera tinctoria L. var. tinctoria (1753) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Erect annual to perennial herb or subshrub ± 0,35-2 m tall with stems thimly strigose or glabrescent by biramous mostly white hairs. |
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see more in the book |
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Ecology : |
Bush margins; cultivations and secondary growth; especially on alluvial soil; seasonally flooded grassland with scattered trees; sandy and sandy-clayey very humid or flooded soils; near permanent pool in sahelian zone; dunes; 0-400 m alt. etc… |
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Botswana, S. Africa (Transvaal); Cape Verde Isl.; S Arabia; Socotra; India; Sri Lanka; Malaya; Indochina; Philippines; Indonesia; New Guinea; Australia. - Probably introduced in Madagascar; introduced in tropical America. |
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Comprises 2 vars. |
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Formerly a major source of indigo dye, but now displaced by I. arrecta . |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 187
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 157
- EXELL, A. & WILD, H. (2012). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 3(4): 133
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:239 (2012)
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 176
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 464
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under Fgui |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
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Record n°176874 modified 2007-04-24 |
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