Indigofera stachyodes Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-3 m tall. Stems grayish brown; young branches angular, with dense long spreading brown basifixed or subbasi­fixed extremely asymmetrically 2-branched trichomes and short appressed submedifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules linear, 5-6 mm, with ascending basifixed trichomes. Leaves 10-20 cm, (19-)31-41-foliolate; petiole and rachis with densely ascending basifixed trichomes; petiole very short, adax­ially grooved; leaflet blades opposite, subopposite, or alternate, lanceolate-oblong but terminal one obovate-oblong, 1.2-2 × 0.4-0.9 cm, both surfaces with densely ascending brown to grayish brown basifixed trichomes, midvein adaxially slightly impressed, secondary veins not visible, base cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse to acute. Racemes ca. 12 cm, many flow­ered; peduncle and rachis with dense spreading basifixed tri­chomes; peduncle longer than petioles; bracts linear, ca. 7 mm, hairy. Pedicel ca. 1.5 mm, hairy. Calyx ca. 3.5 mm, with long spreading brown basifixed trichomes; tube ca. 1.5 mm; teeth lanceolate, most abaxial one ca. 2 mm. Corolla yellowish; stan­dard elliptic, 10-11 × ca. 5 mm, outside with appressed long trichomes; wings ca. 9.5 mm, glabrous; keel ca. 1 cm, outside ciliate and hairy on top. Stamens 9-10.5 mm; anthers ovoid, glabrous. Ovary hairy. Legume subcylindric, deflexed, 3-4 cm, with densely ascending basifixed trichomes; endocarp blotched with purple. Seeds more than 10 per legume, reddish brown, cubic, ca. 2 × 2 mm. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Sunny places, scrub; at elevations from 700-2,400 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses dye forage material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Indigofera stachyodes world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500036-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197499
COL ID 3PMNV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera stachyodes Indigofera tomentosa Indigofera bodinieri Indigofera dosua var. tomentosa Indigofera dosua var. stachyodes Indigofera bodinieri