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Indigofera subcorymbosa
subcorymbosa
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
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| Status: | Native |
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Slender branched shrub up to 3 m tall. Young stems green, ridged with sparse whitish hairs. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-9 oblong-elliptic leaflets up to 4 × 2.5 cm, light green, thinly textured, roughly hairy on both surfaces; rhachis grooved along the top. Flowers in axillary racemes, 15-30-flowered, pink. Pod 4-angled, 2-3 cm long, covered in whitish hairs, with a short apical, upcurved beak. |
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| Habitat: | In rocky areas in Brachystegia woodland. |
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| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 12 October 2008 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 312. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 370. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 222. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 245. As Indigofera subcorymbosa Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa. A checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Page 326. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 49. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 129 - 130. |
Other sources of information about Indigofera subcorymbosa var. subcorymbosa:
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Indigofera subcorymbosaAfrican Plant Database: Indigofera subcorymbosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Indigofera subcorymbosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Indigofera subcorymbosa
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JSTOR Plant Science: Indigofera subcorymbosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Indigofera subcorymbosa
Plants of the World Online: Indigofera subcorymbosa
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