Indigofera caloneura Kurz

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubs, erect. Branches angular, with dense appressed brown subbasifixed asymmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stip­ules narrowly triangular, 4-5 mm. Leaves simple or 1-foliolate; petioles 1-1.5 cm; stipels linear-subulate, 1.5-2 mm; leaflet blade oblong to elliptic, 8-10 × 4-5.5 cm, thickly papery, abaxi­ally with gray and spreading to subspreading gray or brown subbasifixed extremely asymmetrically 2-branched trichomes, adaxially dark green and glabrous, secondary veins 15-17 on each side of midvein and conspicuous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse to rounded. Racemes 7-13 cm; peduncle short; bracts linear-setaceous, 3.5-4 mm, caducous. Pedicel 3-5 mm in fruit, densely tomentose. Calyx 2-2.5 mm, with densely ascending subbasifixed trichomes; teeth triangular. Corolla pink; standard ovate, 8-10 mm, outside densely appressed brown pu­bescent, apex obtuse and mucronate; wings 6-8 mm, margin ciliate; keel outside densely appressed brown pubescent. Sta­mens 8-10 mm; anthers hairy at base. Ovary glabrous or sparsely strigose. Legume cylindric, 4-5.3 cm, with small ap­pressed trichomes; endocarp red blotched. Seeds 8-11 per leg­ume, dark brown. Fl. unknown for China, fr. Nov-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Indigofera caloneura world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499098-1
WFO ID wfo-0000200247
COL ID 3PLVN
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Synonyms

Indigofera caloneura Indigofera oblonga