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Indigofera hololeuca Benth. ex Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Herbaceous, slender, procumbent, wholly albo-strigose; stems filiform; leaves pinnate; leaflets 7-9, alternate, cuneate-obovate, mucronulate, densely cano-strigose on both sides; stipules subulate; racemes spicate, on long peduncles, many-flowered, elongating; bracts minute; calyx white, its segments setaceo-subulate; petals hoary; legumes short, 4-5 seeded, subterete, straight, pendulous, canescent.
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Annual, 0.2-0.5 m tall, with decumbent stems. Leaves 7-9-folioliate, 15-25(30) mm long, with terminal leaflet 3-9(10) x 2-5 mm, stipules subulate, 1-2(3) mm long, leaflets narrowly to broadly obovate, apex rounded, upper surface silvery grey-strigose. Flowers reddish, stamens shorter than or ± equal to calyx.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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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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Distribution

Indigofera hololeuca world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499466-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192799
COL ID 6N7VG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera hololeuca
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