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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: 22 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Species | Content |
arenophila Schinz | |
astragalina DC. | Description, Image |
bainesii Baker | |
baumiana Harms | Description |
candicans Aiton | |
charlieriana Schinz subsp. charlieriana var. charlieriana | Description, Image |
colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. | |
daleoides Benth. ex Harv. var. daleoides | |
demissa Taub. | Description, Image |
filipes Benth. ex Harv. | |
flavicans Baker | Description, Image |
hololeuca Harv. | |
inhambanensis Klotzsch | Image |
kavangoensis Schrire | |
ormocarpoides Baker | Description, Image |
praticola Baker f. var. praticola | Description, Image |
rautanenii Baker f. | |
schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. schimperi | Description, Image |
schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. baukeana (Vatke) J.B. Gillett | |
subulata Poir. var. subulata | |
tinctoria L. var. tinctoria | Description, Image |
vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire |
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