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Indigofera astragalina DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Indigofera L.

Indigofera astragalina DC. [Preferred name]
    Indigofera hirsuta sensu auct. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Angitratainakoho [3402]; Boo-awari [4751]; Chota Sirphonka [3207]; Dagadia [3207]; Famafasambo [3402]; Hairy Indigo [1902, 1917, 3207]; Patry [3402]; Sarivoanjo [3402]; Sarivongo [3402]; Takotsifotra [3402]; Tsiasotry [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [347]; Botswana (N) [8]; Burundi (N) [210]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [347]; Kenya (N) [347]; Malawi (N) [347]; Mali (N) [347]; Mauritania (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [347]; Namibia (N) [347]; Niger (N) [347]; Nigeria (N) [347]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [347]; South Africa (N) [347]; Sudan (N) [347]; Tanzania (N) [347]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [347]; Zambia (N) [347]; Zimbabwe (N) [347]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Bhutan (N) [3366]; China (U) [1914]; India (N) [347, 1947, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3094, 3100, 3119, 3140, 3207, 3366, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3584, 3861]; Andhra Pradesh [3207]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3207]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3861]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Myanmar (N) [210, 3206]; Nepal (N) [3369, 3862]; Pakistan (N) [210, 1938]; Sri Lanka (N) [347]
  Australasia
Australia (U) [1914]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1914]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone; anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sahel regional transition zone; grassland [210];
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 1938, 3206, 3207] ; Illustration [210, 3207]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Section: Indigofera sect. Hirsutae Rydberg [2654] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Medicine [3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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    Specimen in Herb.Kew

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64.

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  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

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  Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae

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    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
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  Ali, S.I., 1977
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