Indigofera capitata Kotschy

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Indigofera L.
Tribe: Indigofereae
References: [210]

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1994-10 Schrire BD
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened
• Section:
  • Indigofera sect. Paniculatae (Bak.)J.B.Gillett. [2654]

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [2655] [2904] [2905]
  • Angola-ISO [347]
  • Benin [2905]
  • Burkina [2904]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Central African Rep. [347]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ethiopia [2655]
  • Ghana [8]
  • Guinea [347]
  • Guinea Bissau [347]
  • Ivory Coast [2904]
  • Kenya [2905]
  • Mali [347]
  • Nigeria [347]
  • Senegal [347]
  • Sierra Leone [347]
  • Sudan [347]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [347]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [347]

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Notes:

• Records from Tanzania need confirmation (FTEA, ref.210).
  
• Recorded from Gabon (Pellegrin, ref.16); probably refers to I.paracapitata.
  
• Much confused with I.paracapitata. [2906]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:00:57