Indigofera coerulea Roxb.

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

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Other names:

• Indigofera articulata sensu Andrews,p.p. [Misapplied] [210]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• 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 [210]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [561] [2905]
  • Algeria [2905]
  • Chad [64]
  • Djibouti [239]
  • Ethiopia [347]
  • Kenya [347]
  • Mali [561]
  • Niger [210]
  • Socotra [347]
  • Somalia [347]
  • Sudan [210] [347]
  • Uganda [210]

• Asia [1939]
  • India-ISO [347]
  • Iran [1939]
  • Pakistan [347]
  • Sri Lanka [347]

• Indian Ocean [1915]
  • Mauritius [347] [1915]

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

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Notes:

• Two varieties, coerulea & occidentalis J.B.Gillett & Ali (ref.347,p.102).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:01:01