Indigofera hirsuta L.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Madagascar

• Locality

  E. Madagascar, Toamasina (Tamatave) Province, Bay of Antongil, Maroantsetra, near the bridge over the river

• Elevation

  Alt. 3 m. (10 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -15.43, 49.75

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

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Indigofera hirsuta L.
E Madagascar, Toamasina (Tamatave) Province, Bay
of Antongil, Maroansetra, near the bridge over the
river.
Map Ref.: 15°26'S 49°45’E
Tracksides, amongst weedy vegetationn, on sand.
Alt. c. 3 m
Herb to c. 1 m tall. Stems green tinged purple, with
dark brown hairs. Leaves mostly 7-foliolate, with
small stipels, and red-tinged rachis; leaflets mid-
green, paler beneath, softly pubescent; stipules c. 10
mm long, very slender, green. Inflorescences long,
suberect, axillary, with numerous flowers. Flowers
c. 7 mm tall, the keel and wings springing down to
release the staminal bundle; calyx green with 5 long,
slender, dark-hairy teeth; standard coral pink with a
small white basal spot, obovate and notched at the
apex; wings spreading laterally from the keel to form
a platform, coral pink; keel pink above, white
beneath (wings and keel c. 5 mm long).
Infructescences long, with numerous densely spaced
pods swept to one side; pods becoming dark brown,
dehiscent, compartmented between the seeds; seeds
dark brown.
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D.J. & B.P. Du Puy
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M216
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