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Synonyms: |
Indigofera endecaphylla sensu Hiern Indigofera stenophylla Guill. & Perr. var. nyassae E.G. Baker |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small perennial shrub, mostly 0.3-1 m tall, rarely taller, with numerous spreading or stiffly erect stems arising from a woody rootstock. Leaves mostly 5-11-foliolate with lowermost leaves often reduced to 1-3-foliolate; leaflets narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 1-9 cm long, scabrid above with short stiff hairs, densely appressed hairy beneath; petiole 0-7 mm long. Inflorescences 4-15 cm long including peduncle. Calyx 4-8mm long, densely appressed hairy. Pods 24-52 mm long, strongly spirally curved, densely covered with short rough hairs. |
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Habitat: | In Brachystegia woodland and grassland near rivers and vleis. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 900 - 1900 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Katanga DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 161. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 68. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 48. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 61. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 64 - 65. (Includes a picture). |
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