Indigofera eriocarpa E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubby, erect, hoary, and hirsute; leaves 5-6-jugate, the common petiole filiform, gland-stipelled; leaflets petiolulate, elliptic-oblong or sublanceolate, mucronate, thinly canescent, the terminal petiolate; stipules subulate-acuminate, long; spikes on long, rigid peduncles, densely many-flowered; bracts minute, setaceous; calyces hirsute, the segments long, setaceo-subulate and ciliate; petals silky; legumes crowded, horizontal, short, turgid, and densely cinereo-hirsute.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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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 eriocarpa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499316-1
WFO ID wfo-0000191996
COL ID 3PM3J
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Synonyms

Indigofera eriocarpa