Indigofera oxalidea Welw. ex Baker

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Indigofera oxalidea

Photo: Bart Wursten
By Circular Drive, Nyanga NP

Indigofera oxalidea

Photo: Bart Wursten
By Circular Drive, Nyanga NP

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Synonyms: Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq. var. radicans Baker
Indigofera paraoxalidea Torre
Indigofera supralevis N.E. Br.
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Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb. Stems diffusely branched, prostrate, up to 80 cm long, sometimes rooting at the nodes.
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Habitat: In grassland, along river banks and roadsides, sometimes in bare patches in Brachystegia or Uapaca woodland.
Altitude range: (metres) 1000 - 1900 m
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North-West, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: W,E,S
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Images last updated: Saturday 3 August 2013
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33.

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 222.

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 49.

Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 56 - 57.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Indigofera oxalidea.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=129150, retrieved 9 October 2024

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