Indigofera tanaensis J.B.Gillett

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrublet 20–30 cm. tall, the younger branches with a dense appressed silvery indumentum, the older ones smooth, reddish-black.. Leaves 1-foliolate or digitately 2–3-foliolate, often clustered on short shoots; stipules triangular with scarious margins; petiole up to 2 mm. long; leaflets cuneate-obovate, up to 6 mm. long, appressed strigulose on both surfaces.. Flowers 1 or 2 together in axils of the leaves; pedicels ± 0.7 mm. long, lengthening to 2 mm. in fruit.. Calyx silvery, less than 2 mm. long; lobes subulate, about half as long as the tube.. Corolla puberulent outside with short white spreading hairs.. Stamens ± 4.5 mm. long.. Ovary 11–12-ovulate, pubescent; style ± 1 mm. long.. Pod unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Indigofera tanaensis world distribution map, present in Kenya

Conservation status

Indigofera tanaensis threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500072-1
WFO ID wfo-0000195742
COL ID 3PMQ4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera tanaensis