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Indigofera heterophylla Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Scrambling or ascending suffrutex, 0.3-1.0 m high; much-branched from woody rootstock; stems angular, strigose to glabrous. Stipules 1-3(4) mm long, subulate-falcate to setaceous. Leaves sometimes heteromorphic; petioles (3)5-24 mm long. Terminal leaflet (2)4-25 x 1.0-8.5 mm, cuneate-obovate or ± elliptic to oblanceolate, ± complicate, strigose above and below, apex rounded to acute. Inflorescences of 50-220 mm long, 20-40(60)-flowered racemes; pedicels 0.5-1.0 mm long. Flowers wine-red to orange-red; calyx 2.5-3.5 mm long, ± appressed strigose, lobes subulate-setaceous, ± equalling to 3 x tube length; standard crisped-pubescent dorsally, lamina dark purple; keel apex obtuse to acute. Stamens 4.5-6.0 mm long. Ovary densely strigose. Flowering time July-Jan. Pod 12-26 x 2.0-2.5 mm.
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Erect or sprawling to prostrate shrublet, 0.3-1 m, stems furrowed. Leaves pinnately or digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets sublanceolate (especially upper) to cuneate-obovate, thinly hairy; stipules awl-shaped-setaceous, spreading to recurved. Flowers in racemes on robust peduncles, orange-pink to reddish purple; calyx thinly hairy, lobes awl-shaped, up to 3 times as long as tube.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Indigofera heterophylla leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Indigofera heterophylla world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499448-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192618
COL ID 3PM6X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera adscendens Indigofera heterophylla
WorldFloraDB 2024