Indigofera venulosa Champ. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrubs, 30-60 cm tall. Stems terete, glabrous. Stipules mi­nute, caducous. Leaves 10-15 cm, 5-13-foliolate; petiole and rachis terete or adaxially grooved, glabrous; petiole 1.5-3.5 cm; stipels as long as petiolules; petiolules ca. 2 mm; leaflet blades opposite, ovate, ovate-rhombic, or suborbicular, 1.3-2.5 × 1-2.7 cm, abaxially with sparse appressed white medifixed trichomes, adaxially glabrous, midvein adaxially impressed, secondary veins and tertiary veins abaxially obvious, base cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse to acute. Racemes ca. 10 cm, laxly flowered; peduncle 2-3 cm, glabrous; bracts ovate-lan­ceolate, 2-2.5 mm. Pedicel ca. 2.5 mm. Calyx 3-3.5 mm, out­side with sparse appressed medifixed trichomes; tube ca. 2 mm; teeth triangular, 1-1.5 mm. Corolla light purple; standard ob­long to obovate-oblong, 1.2-1.5 cm, base shortly clawed, out­side with appressed white and brown medifixed trichomes, apex obtuse or emarginate; wings narrow, as long as standard, margin ciliate; keel slightly shorter than wings, outside apically hairy, margin ciliate. Stamens 1.1-1.4 cm; anthers ovoid-ellipsoid, both ends hairy. Ovary glabrous. Legume straight, 4-5 cm, glabrous. Seeds 10-12 per legume. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Jul-Aug.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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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 venulosa world distribution map, present in China, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500164-1
WFO ID wfo-0000197520
COL ID 3PMSM
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Synonyms

Indigofera venulosa Indigofera neoglabra