Indigofera oblongifolia Forsskal

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

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • 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. Alternifoliae Harv. [2654]

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Uses:

• Forage [14] [347]
  
• Medicine [14]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [347]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Chad [347]
  • Djibouti [8]
  • Egypt [347]
  • Ethiopia [347]
  • Mali [212]
  • Mauritania [347]
  • Niger [347]
  • Nigeria [347]
  • Senegal [347]
  • Socotra [347]
  • Somalia [347]
  • Sudan [347]

• Asia [1938] [1939] [2075]
  • India-ISO [347]
  • Indonesia-ISO [347] [2075]
  • Iran [1939]
  • Pakistan [347] [1938]
  • Sri Lanka [347]

• Indian Ocean [1982]
  • Madagascar [1982]

• Middle East
  • Bahrain [347]
  • Jordan [347]
  • Oman [347]
  • Saudi Arabia [347]
  • South Yemen [347]
  • Yemen [347]

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Notes:

• Subsection Alternifoliae. [2654]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:02:28