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Synonyms: |
Indigofera tettensis Klotzsch |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrubby perennial herb with spreading or ascending branches, up to 1 m tall but usually shorter, growing from a woody rootstock. Stems. Stems more or less 4-angled or flattened, often densely appressed silvery hairy. Leaves pinnate with 5-8 broadly elliptic to obovate leaflets; terminal leaflet largest, 1-4 cm long. Inflorescence a raceme 5-30 cm long, including the peduncle. Flowers bright pink with the standard greenish to yellowish with pink stripes. Pods cylindrical to 4 angled, spreading or reflexed, mostly 18-36 mm long, straight or curved to sharply bent at the base, densely appressed hairy. |
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Derivation of specific name: | schimperi: named after Wilhelm Schimper, explorer and collector, particularly in Ethiopia. |
Habitat: | Grassy areas in mopane and mixed Acacia woodland, on river banks, margins of floodplains and termite mounds, often on black clay soils. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1400 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Caprivi-Namibia, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 10 February 2016 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 312. (Includes a picture). 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 222. as Indigofera schimperi 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 61. as Indigofera schimperi Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 390 - 391. as Indigofera schimperi (Includes a picture). Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 52 - 54. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 68. |
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