Indigofera cylindracea Graham ex Baker

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, erect or ascending, 80-100 cm tall. Stems striate, with sparse spreading 2-branched trichomes with unequally long arms. Stipules triangular, 2-4 mm, persistent, with appressed brownish 2-branched trichomes. Leaves 4-6 cm, 11-15-folio­late; petiole and rachis adaxially grooved, with brownish 2-branched trichomes; petiole 5-10 mm; stipels ca. 1 mm; petio­lules ca. 1 mm; leaflet blades opposite, elliptic to oblong, 7-15 × 3-5 mm, abaxially with medifixed trichomes, adaxially with appressed white unequally 2-branched trichomes, base cuneate, apex obtuse to rounded and mucronate. Racemes 5-9 cm; pe­duncle and rachis with spreading brownish 2-branched tri­chomes; peduncle ca. 1.5 cm; bracts narrowly triangular, 1.5-2 mm, caducous. Pedicel 4-6 mm but to 1 cm in fruit, with spreading brownish 2-branched trichomes. Calyx outside with appressed brownish 2-branched trichomes; tube ca. 1.8 mm; teeth triangular, 0.5-0.8 mm. Corolla pink; standard obovate, 7-9 × 4-6 mm, outside with appressed 2-branched trichomes, apex mucronate; wings 6.5-8 × 2-3.5 mm, glabrous; keel as long as standard, spur ca. 1 mm. Stamens 7-8 mm; anthers ovoid. Ovary glabrous, with 8-10 ovules. Legume cylindric, 4-5 cm × 3-4 mm, glabrous. Seeds 8-10 per legume. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.0
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JulAugSep
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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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 cylindracea world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499204-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197599
COL ID 3PLYN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera cylindracea Indigofera heterantha var. longipedicellata