Indigofera mischocarpa Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Suffrutex gracilis decumbens vel adscendens, e basi valde ramosus; ramis filiformibus teretibus, squamulissetiformibus medio fixis strigillosis, laxe foliatis; foliis brevissime petiolatis,pinnatis, patentibus, 0.5-0.7 cm longis, pinnis utrinque 2-3 lineari-oblongis, apice subhamatis, basin versus angustatis, marginibus revolutis, utrinque strigillosis stipulis subobsoletis; pedunculis erecto-patentibus patentibusve; filiformibus strigillosis, laxe pauci-vel plurifloris, folia multo excedentibus, pedicellis vel calyci aequilongis strigillosis; calyce c. 0.2 cm longo strigilloso, segmentis subulatis tubo longioribus; vexillo subsessili, suborbiculariapicuIato, dorso hirto, margine ciliato, intus glabro, 0.3 cm longo; alisbrevissime unguiculatis, oblique oblongis obtusis, basi margine superioresparsim ciliatis, rotundato-lobatis, 0.3 cm longis; carina subsessili, naviculari-cucullata acuminata, subtus puberula utrinque sacculo obtuso ornata,alis aequilonga; legumine breviter stipitato subcylindrico apicuIato, glaberrimo, seminibus 4-6, 1-1.5 cm longo, c. 0.2 cm lato.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Indigofera mischocarpa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499676-1
WFO ID wfo-0000193761
COL ID 3PMDG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera mischocarpa