Indigofera articulata Gouan

Khedaish (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

A small erect shrub. It grows 1 m tall. The branches have white to grey hairs. The leaves are compound. They have 7 leaflets with one at the end. They are 8-22 mm long by 5-17 mm wide. They have grey hairs on both sides. There are 10-20 flowers in a group. The fruit is 7-9 mm long with 1-3 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.88
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grassland, bushland, roadsides; at elevations from 1,350-2,700 metres.
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It is a tropical and subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The seeds are used as food when food is scarce.
Uses animal food cover crop dye environmental use hedge manure material medicinal soil improve
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Aftosa (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Pediculicide (unspecified), Nephritis (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Indigofera articulata world distribution map, present in United Arab Emirates, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jordan, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, Chad, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498998-1
WFO ID wfo-0000190444
COL ID 6MW85
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Indigofera articulata Indigofera glauca Indigofera argentea