Indigofera brevicalyxBaker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Indigofera brevicalyxBaker f. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Indigofera brevicalyx
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Flora
Entry for INDIGOFERA brevicalyx Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
INDIGOFERA brevicalyxBak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1903).
Information
Decumbent perennial up to 35 cm long from a woody taproot. Leaf-rhachis up to 15 mm long including a petiole of c. 1 mm. Leaflets 5–13, opposite, elliptic-oblong or cuneate-obovate, up to 10 x 3 mm, sparsely appressed strigose on both sides or glabrous above, with a blister at each side and another beneath the tip. Racemes (1–)2–3(–6)-flowered; peduncle up to 2 cm long, glabrous or sparsely strigose. Calyx c. 1.5 mm long, divided to the middle, each lobe with a blister on it. Standard pubescent outside. Stamens 4–5 mm long. Pod erect, up to 20 x 1.8 mm, straight, strigulose, 8–12-seeded.