Indigofera elwakensis J.B.Gillett

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Perennial herb with a woody corky-barked base and procumbent pubescent branches up to ± 30 cm. long.. Stipules 1–2 mm. long; rhachis 13–18 mm. long including a petiole of 2–3 mm., prolonged ± 2 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets 5–9, broadly elliptic or obovate, ± 5 mm. long and 3 mm. wide, with viscid tips and margins, ± strigose above and markedly so beneath.. Racemes 3–15-flowered, the axis almost glabrous, 25–50 mm. long, including a peduncle of 8–20 mm.; bracts caducous, ± 1 mm. long; pedicels pilose, ± 1 mm. long.. Calyx strigose, ± 1.8 mm. long, the ± triangular subulate-tipped lobes rather shorter than the tube.. Corolla pubescent outside.. Stamens 2.5–4.5 mm. long.. Pod 12–15 mm. long, 1.8 mm. wide, 1.5 mm. thick, sparingly strigose, ± 8-seeded; endocarp spotted.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Usage

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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 elwakensis world distribution map, present in Kenya

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499301-1
WFO ID wfo-0000191943
COL ID 3PM33
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Synonyms

Indigofera elwakensis