Indigofera pedicellata Wight & Arn.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Herbs, trailing, to 35 cm tall. Stems many branched, gray pubescent and glandular, glabrescent. Stipules narrowly trian­gular. Leaves 1.4-1.7 cm, 3-foliolate; petiole 5-6 mm; leaflet blades obovate to obovate-lanceolate, 3.7-10 × 3-6 mm, abax­ially with yellowish dots, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate to narrowly cuneate, apex emarginate or obtuse. Racemes 1.3-2.5 cm but elongating in fruit to 3.5 cm, 8-12-flowered; peduncle 5-9 mm; bracts to 1 mm. Pedicel 3-5 mm. Corolla red, 6-7 mm; standard obovate, ca. 5 mm, outside appressed pubescent and glandular; wings ca. 4.5 mm, glabrous; keel spatulate, ca. 5 mm, outside pubescent and glandular. Stamens 4.5-5 mm. Ovary glabrous. Legume straight, 4-sided in cross section, 1.5-2.5 cm × 2-2.5 mm, narrowly winged. Seeds 5-8 per legume. Fl. May-Nov, fr. Jul-Dec. 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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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 pedicellata world distribution map, present in Angola, Australia, Burundi, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar, Mozambique, Malawi, Malaysia, Namibia, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Singapore, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Somalia, Togo, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499807-1
WFO ID wfo-0000192314
COL ID 3PMH3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera pedicellata Indigofera liukiuensis