Indigofera hirsuta L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Indigofera L.
Tribe: Indigofereae
References: [347][1915]

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Other names:

• Anila hirsuta (L.)Kuntze [Synonym] [1597]
  
• Indigofera ferruginea Schum. & Thonn. [Synonym] [1597]
  
• Indigofera fusca G.Don [Synonym] [1597]
  
• Indigofera hirta Bojer [Synonym] [1915]
  

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Common Names:

• Hairy Indigo [1902] [1917]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994-10 Schrire BD
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened
• Section:
  • Indigofera sect. Hirsutae Rydberg [2654]

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Uses:

• Environmental [347]
  
• Forage [347]
  
• Medicine [14]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [347]
  • Benin [347]
  • Botswana [347]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [347]
  • Cape Verde [347]
  • Central African Rep. [347]
  • Chad [64]
  • Congo [347]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [8]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Gabon [347]
  • Gambia The [347]
  • Ghana [347]
  • Guinea [347]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Kenya [347]
  • Liberia [347]
  • Malawi [8]
  • Mali [347]
  • Mozambique [347]
  • Namibia-ISO [8]
  • Niger [78]
  • Nigeria [347]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [347]
  • Senegal [347]
  • Sierra Leone [347]
  • Sudan [347]
  • Tanzania [347]
  • Togo [347]
  • Uganda [347]
  • Zaire [347]
  • Zambia [347]
  • Zimbabwe [347]

• Asia [261] [1179] [1914] [1929] [1937] [2075]
  • Bangladesh [1914]
  • Cambodia [1937]
  • China [347] [1179]
  • India-ISO [347] [1914]
  • Indonesia-ISO [1937]
  • Irian Jaya [261]
  • Malaysia-ISO [2075]
  • Myanmar [347]
  • Philippines [347]
  • Singapore [1914]
  • Sri Lanka [347]
  • Taiwan [1929]
  • Thailand [1937]
  • Vietnam [1937]

• Australasia [1880]
  • Australia [347] [1880]
    • New South Wales
    • Northern Territory
    • Queensland
    • Western Australia
  • Papua New Guinea [347]

• Caribbean
  • Caribbean-TRP [1290] [1430] [1597]

• Central America [1188] [2156]
  • Costa Rica [1367]
  • El Salvador [2156]
  • Guatemala [1408]
  • Mexico(South East) [1188]

• Indian Ocean [1915]
  • Madagascar [347] [1915]
  • Reunion [1915]

• North America [2305]
  • United States [2305]

• Pacific Ocean [261] [2235] [2264] [2265] [2266]
  • Bismarck Archipelago [261]
  • Fiji [2264]
  • Nauru [2235]
  • Niue [2266]
  • Samoa-JML [2265]

• South America [347] [2090]
  • Brazil [1414] [1597]
  • French Guiana [1408]
  • Guyana [1597]
  • Peru [2090]

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Notes:

• Unconfirmed reports of toxicity (Gillett, ref.347,p.137).
  
• Two vars.(G.r.347,p.109);h.& pumila; latter ? better as var.of I.longebarbata.
  
• Some hybridisation may occur with I.astragalina (G.ref.347,p.110).
  
• Intermediates of hybridisation in the Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2669]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:01:48