Indigofera dendroides Jacq.

More or less branched, erect annual, up to 1.3 m. tall from a taproot, sparsely appressed strigulose throughout, the hairs often brown, especially on the inflorescence.. Stipules linear, ± 4 mm. long; rhachis up to 6 cm. long, including a petiole of ± 1 mm., prolonged 2–3 mm. beyond lateral leaflets; petiolules well developed (± 1 mm. long); leaflets 11–27, cuneate-oblong, apiculate, up to 10 mm. long and 4 mm. wide.. Racemes 8–30-flowered, up to 13 cm. long, including a peduncle of up to 5 cm.; bracts narrow, 1.5 mm. long, caducous; pedicels ± 3 mm. long in flower, up to 5 mm. in fruit.. Calyx ± 2.5 mm. long, divided well below the middle into triangular-subulate lobes.. Corolla densely appressed brown strigose outside.. Stamens 4–5 mm. long.. Fruit rather tetragonal, 2–3 cm. long, ±1.6 mm. wide and thick, strigulose, 8–12-seeded; endocarp spotted.. Seeds pitted.

Grassland; cultivated ground; seasonal swamps and flood plains; scrub; sparingly grassy slopes; pathsides; savannah; neglected Cedrela plantation with regenerating mixed woodland.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.