Fabaceae
Indigofera

Indigofera microcarpa Desv.

First published in J. Bot. Agric. 3: 79 (1814)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America, Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as animal food and a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 100–100 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: La Guajira.
Habit
Herb.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 100 m.; Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian anthropic landscapes., Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; anthropic habitats., Sudanian anthropic landscapes, Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Tsilavondrivotra
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate herb, white strigose or pubescent
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 45 mm long including a petiole of up to 10 mm
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 7–11, opposite, oblanceolate, up to 20 x 7 mm, dotted with impressed glands beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes dense, up to 5 cm long, including a peduncle of up to 1 cm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, hirsute, deeply divided into narrow lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens c. 3 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod up to 8 x 2.5 mm, torulose, reflexed, indehiscent, pubescent, 2–4-seeded.
Distribution
S2, 3 tropical Africa, tropical America.
Ecology
Altitude c. 40–50 m.
Vernacular
Aws-shiir (Somali).
[FSOM]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0