Indigofera garckeana Vatke

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Near Bue Maria, Nhambita, Gorongosa.

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Synonyms:	Indigofera rhynchocarpa Baker var. quadrangularis Berhaut Indigofera tetragona Lebrun & Taton
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Status:	Native
Description:	For descriptions see World Flora Online
Type location:	Kenya
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Derivation of specific name:	garckeana: named after Christian Garcke (1819-1904), botanist and plant collector
Habitat:	In Miombo woodland, thick bush and wooded grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1600 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Senegal, Burkina, Benin, Chad, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	C,E,S
Growth form(s):	Shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m.
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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. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 309. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 367 - 368. 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 69. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 245. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 125. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 117 - 120. Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Pages 39 - 42. (Includes a picture).

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