Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Indigofera | > | circinnata |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small shrub, usually less than 1 m, with orange spines. Flowers with gaping lips, bicoloured, white and fleshy-pink. Pods coiled. |
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Derivation of specific name: | circinnata: (referring to the pods) inwardly coiled upon itself. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo, North-West, Gauteng and Mpumalanga) |
Zimbabwe distribution: | S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 12 October 2008 |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds) (2003). Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Page 515. Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa. A checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Page 297. 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. Retief, E. & Herman, P.P.J. (1997). Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters Strelitzia 6 Page 451. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 30 - 31. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 67. |
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