Fabaceae
Philenoptera

Philenoptera cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty

First published in Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 16: 354 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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: Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest., Sudanian forest., Sudanian bushland and thicket, Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Shrub
Vernacular
Yoruba Indigo
[ILDIS]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A woody climbing or straggling shrub, in cultivation forming a shrub 7–8 ft. high
Morphology Branches
Branchlets silky when young
Morphology Leaves
The young leaves turning bluish-black in drying
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers reddish, turning blue, in panicles up to a foot long
Ecology
In coastal districts and in forests.
Vernacular
The Yoruba Indigo.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Medicine
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • 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 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

  • 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