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Herbs or shrubs. Hairs usually medifixed. Leaves usually imparipinnate. Flowers usually in axillary racemes. Corolla usually red. Stamens united or with the upper one free; anthers apiculate. Fruit usually dehiscent. Derivation of name: Indigo-fera: indigo-bearing Worldwide: c. 700 species in tropical and warm areas Caprivi: 41 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Species | Content |
ambelacensis Schweinf. | |
arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Description, Image |
atriceps Hook.f.[Agg] | |
atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps | Description, Image |
atriceps Hook.f. subsp. ramosa (Cronquist) J.B.Gillett | |
atriceps Hook.f. subsp. setosissima (Harms) J.B. Gillett | |
circinella Baker f. | |
colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. | |
congesta Baker | |
congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand | |
conjugata Baker[Agg] | |
dendroides Jacq. | |
drepanocarpa Taub. | |
emarginella Steud. ex A.Rich.[Agg] | |
fulvopilosa Brenan | |
garckeana Vatke | |
hendecaphylla Jacq. | |
homblei Baker f. & Martin | |
kaessneri Baker f. | |
longibarbata Engl. | |
longistaminata Schrire | |
macrocalyx Guill. & Perr. | |
microcalyx Baker | |
monantha Baker f. | |
monanthoides J.B.Gillett | |
oxalidea Welw. ex Baker | Description, Image |
paniculata Vahl ex Pers.[Agg] | |
paracapitata J.B. Gillett | |
phyllanthoides Baker | |
podocarpa Baker f. & Martin | |
polysphaera Baker | Description, Image |
pulchra Willd. | |
radicifera Cronquist[Agg] | |
secundiflora Poir.[Agg] | |
simplicifolia Lam. | |
spicata Forssk. | Description, Image |
stenophylla Guill. & Perr. | |
subulifera Welw. ex Baker[Agg] | |
trita L.f. | |
vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire | |
zenkeri Harms ex Baker f. |
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