Indigofera wightii Graham ex Wight & Arn.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Indigofera

Characteristics

Shrublets, 1-1.5 m tall. Stems with appressed white and brown medifixed symmetrically 2-branched trichomes. Stipules 1.5-2.5 mm, caducous. Leaves 3.5-5 cm, 11-19(-29)-foliolate; petiole and rachis adaxially grooved, with appressed gray medi­fixed trichomes; petiole ca. 1 cm; stipels minute; petiolules ca. 1 mm; leaflet blades opposite, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceo­late, 5-10(-15) × 2.5-5(-8) mm, both surfaces with appressed white medifixed trichomes, midvein adaxially impressed and abaxially prominent ending in a tubular gland, secondary veins not visible, base cuneate, apex rounded to acute and mucronate. Racemes 1.5-3.5(-6) cm; peduncle 3-5 mm, with appressed gray medifixed trichomes; bracts triangular, ca. 1.5 mm, cadu­cous. Pedicel 1-2 mm, with spreading trichomes, spreading or reflexed in fruit. Calyx 1.5-2 mm, with appressed medifixed trichomes; tube ca. 1 mm; teeth ovate, 1-1.2 mm. Corolla red; standard broadly ovate, ca. 6 mm, outside with dense 2-branched trichomes, base broadly cuneate, apex acute; wings narrowly elliptic, ca. 3 × 1 mm; keel ca. 6 × 1.5 mm. Stamens 5-5.5 mm; anthers ellipsoid, glabrous. Ovary hairy. Legume cylindric, 1.5-3 cm × 2-3 mm, with dense appressed medifixed trichomes; endocarp purplish red blotched. Seeds 6-11 per legume. Fl. Aug, fr. Oct-Nov. 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Gastrointestinal diseases (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Indigofera wightii world distribution map, present in China, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:500188-1
WFO ID wfo-0000200281
COL ID 3PMTC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Indigofera wightii Indigofera inamoena Indigofera pallida Indigofera foliolosa Indigofera hainanensis