Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Indigofera | > | fulgens |
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Status: | Native |
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Multi-stemmed shrub, up to c. 3 m. Stems and branches with brownish hairs when young, often with a zigzag shape. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-7 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets up to 2.5 × 1.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, hairy on both surfaces. Inflorescences numerous erect axillary spikes. Flowers bright reddish-pink, up to 1.7 cm long; standard twice as long as the keel, pointed. Pods cylindric, up to c. 50 × 4 mm, strongly beaked, bent downwards, hairless. |
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Derivation of specific name: | fulgens: shiny or brightly coloured. |
Habitat: | In scrub and woodland, particularly on sandy soils. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique and the extreme northeast of South Africa. |
Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS,GI |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Thursday 7 September 2017 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 308. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 208 - 209. (Includes a picture). Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 105 - 106. |
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