Indigofera decora Lindley

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Indigofera L.
Tribe: Indigofereae
References: [1930]

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Other names:

• Indigofera incarnata (Willd.)Nakai [Synonym] [1930]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1992(Phytochem.)Southon I & Bowes I
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1996(Japan)Ohashi H
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994-10 Schrire BD
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened
• Section:
  • Indigofera sect.Psiloceratiae (J.B.Gillett)Schrire [2298]

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Uses:

• Environmental [2828]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [2655]
  • South Africa [2655]

• Asia [1930] [2075]
  • China [1930]
  • Hong Kong [1930] [2075]
  • Japan [1930]
  • Korea [1930]

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Notes:

• Philippines probably naturalised. [2075]
  
• Cultivated in South Africa as an attractive ornamental. [2298]
  
• Japanese distribution : Honshu; Shikoku; Kyushu [1930] [2826]
  
• Commonly cultivated, almost naturalised in some areas, in New Zealand. [1960]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:27:22