Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich.

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Nr Nyakupinga Bridge between Juliasdale and Mutare

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Along Vumba road near Samango Cottage/Westaway.

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Mpinge Pass, Great Dyke

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Synonyms:
Common names:	African indigo (English)
Description:	Shrubby perennial up to 2.5 m. Leaves imparipinnate with 6-10 pairs of narrowly elliptic leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Flowers in short dense axillary inflorescences, pale to deep pink; bracts and stalks covered in dense dark hairs. Fruit a straight cylindric pod, 2-3 cm.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	arrecta: pointing upwards, diverging from axis at a narrow angle
Flowering time:	Nov - May
Worldwide distribution:
Growth form(s):	Shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m.
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Literature:	Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 44. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 245. 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 48. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 132 - 133. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26.

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