Indigofera psoraloides (L.) L.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Suffruticose, suberect, thinly strigoso-pubescent; branches angular and furrowed; leaves on long petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate, acute, ribbed beneath, strigoso-pubescent on each side; stipules elongate, subulate, erect; racemes sub-spicate, on long peduncles; bracts longer than the calyx; calyx-segments subulate, longer than the tube; petals pubescent; legumes terete, sub-torulose, pendulous, strigoso-pubescent.
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Erect or straggling shrublet to 80 cm. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets lanceolate, acute, shortly hairy; stipules elongate, awl-shaped, erect. Flowers in racemes on robust peduncles; flowers red, rose, purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Usage

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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 psoraloides world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499878-1
WFO ID wfo-0000191632
COL ID 3PMK4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera psoraloides Indigofera nitida Cytisus africanus Indigofera racemosa Cytisus psoraloides