Fabaceae
Indigofera

Indigofera charlieriana Schinz

First published in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 165 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland, Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland.
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19892351/178422396

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
A slender, spreading, sparingly strigulose annual, up to 20 cm. tall.
Morphology Leaves
Stipules subulate, ± 2 mm. long; rhachis prolonged ± 2–4 mm. beyond the lateral leaflets, up to 5 cm. long in all, including the 1–2 cm. long petiole; leaflets 1–3-jugate, linear, up to 3.5 cm. long, less than 2 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes many-flowered, sessile, shorter than the subtending leaf.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens ± 3.5 mm. long, less than twice as long as the deeply divided calyx.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla caducous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod ± 25 mm. long, 1.6–1.8 mm. wide, gently upcurved towards the acute tip, ± 15-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds rectangular, ± 2 × 1.5 mm., with a ridge down each side, mottled.
Figures
Fig. 36/4, p. 221.
Habitat
Sandy coastal grassland; 0–230 m.; rainfall 1000–1500 mm.
Distribution
K7 T3 T8 Z
[FTEA]

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

Morphology General Habit
Slender annual, up to 20 cm tall, sparsely strigose
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 5 cm long including the 1–2 cm long petiole
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3–7, linear, up to 35 x 2 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes many-flowered, sessile, shorter than the subtending leaf
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx deeply divided
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens ± 3.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod c. 25 x 1.6–1.8 mm, gently upcurved towards the acute tip, c. 15-seeded.
Distribution
S2, 3; coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Dahomey, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Namibia, South Africa (Transvaal)
Ecology
Altitude up to c. 100 m.
[FSOM]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • 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