Indigofera praticola Baker f.
var. praticola

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Mana Pools, by main road to camp

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Long Pool Viewing Point, Mana Pools

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Status:	Native
Description:	Spreading annual up to 50 cm long. Leaves 3-5(9)-foliolate. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, up to 3 cm long but often shorter, hairless above, strigose beneath, rounded to sometimes notched at the apex. Stipules subulate-filiform, c. 5 mm long. Inflorescences many-flowered axillary racemes. Calyx deeply divided, up to 2 mm long, shorter than the stamens. Corolla orange-red; standard strigulose on the outside. Pod flattened, straight, 2-4-seeded, dehiscent, strigose.
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Habitat:	In sandy and alluvial ground.
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Caprivi-Namibia.
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Indigofera praticola Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. As Indigofera praticola Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 69. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 222. as Indigofera praticola Gillett, J.B., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (1971). Leguminosae (Part 3) subfamily Papilionoideae (1) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 223. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 49. as Indigofera praticola Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 35 - 37. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 68. as Indigofera praticola

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Flora of Mozambique: Indigofera praticola var. praticola
Flora of Zambia: Indigofera praticola var. praticola
Flora of Zimbabwe: Indigofera praticola var. praticola

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