Indigofera arrecta A.Rich.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Indigofera L.
Tribe: Indigofereae
References: [347][2659]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994-10 Schrire BD
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened
• Section:
  • Indigofera sect. Indigofera [2654]

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Uses:

• Chemical products [347]
  
• Environmental [347]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [347]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [347]
  • Ethiopia [347]
  • Gabon [16]
  • Gambia The [347]
  • Ghana [347]
  • Guinea [347]
  • Guinea Bissau [347]
  • Kenya [347]
  • Malawi [347]
  • Mali [347]
  • Mozambique [347]
  • Niger [78]
  • Nigeria [347]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Senegal [347]
  • Somalia [347]
  • South Africa [347]
  • Sudan [347]
  • Swaziland [233]
  • Tanzania [347]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [347]
  • Zaire [347]
  • Zambia [347]
  • Zimbabwe [347]

• Asia [1914] [1937] [2075]
  • India-ISO [1914]
  • Indonesia-ISO [2075]
  • Laos [1937]
  • Philippines [2075]
  • Vietnam [1937]

• Indian Ocean [1914] [1982]
  • Andaman Is [1914]
  • Madagascar [1982]
  • Nicobar Is [1914]

• Middle East [1939]
  • Saudi Arabia [347]
  • Yemen [1939]

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Notes:

• Might hybridises with I.tinctoria, but Schrire has seen no evidence of this [347]
  
• Range much extended by cultivation (FTEA, ref.210).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:00:38