Indigofera secundiflora Poir.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Stout erect annual up to 130 cm. tall; stems rather densely covered with white somewhat crisped biramous hairs.. Stipules spreading, subulate-setaceous, up to 6 mm. long; rhachis up to 5 cm. long, including a 10–15 mm. petiole, prolonged up to 3 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets; leaflets 11–15, elliptic, up to 15 mm. long and 7 mm. wide, with short fine ± appressed hairs above and longer stouter hairs beneath.. Racemes densely many-flowered, up to 8 cm. long, including a peduncle of 2–2.5 cm., the flowers all turned to one side; bracts setose, linear, ± 2 mm. long, caducous; pedicels ± 1 mm. long.. Calyx setose and with short glandular hairs, ± 4 mm. long; lobes triangular with blackish setaceous tips.. Corolla strigose outside.. Stamens ± 3.5 mm. long.. Pods oval-oblong, ± 4 mm. long, 2.4 mm. wide, 2 mm. thick, densely covered with short white biramous hairs as well as erect multicellular hairs, 2-seeded; endocarp spotted, especially at the septa.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food forage poison
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 -

Distribution

Indigofera secundiflora world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499971-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195119
COL ID 6N893
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Indigofera secundiflora

Lower taxons

Indigofera secundiflora var. rubripilosa Indigofera secundiflora var. secundiflora