Indigofera congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand

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

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Other names:

• Indigofera adami Berhaut [Synonym] [347]
  
• Indigofera sparsa sensu Cronq. [Misapplied] [236][347]
  

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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. Monanthae Wight & Arn. [2654]

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Central African Rep. [347]
  • Chad [64]
  • Congo [8]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Gambia The [347]
  • Ghana [8]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Mali [347]
  • Niger [347]
  • Nigeria [347]
  • Senegal [347]
  • Sudan [347]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [347]
  • Zaire [347]

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Notes:

• 2 vars, congolensis & bongensis (Bak.f.)J.B.Gillett [Sudan&Central Afric.Rep.] [2906] [347]
  
• Confused with I.geminata in West Africa; see Gillett ref.347 p.49 for distinc.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:01:05