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. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Content | |
| arenophila Schinz | ||
| astragalina DC. | Description, Image | |
| bainesii Baker | ||
| baumiana Harms | Description, Image | |
| candicans Aiton | ||
| charlieriana Schinz subsp. charlieriana var. charlieriana | Description, Image | |
| colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. var. colutea | ||
| daleoides Benth. ex Harv. var. daleoides | Description, Image | |
| 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. baukeana (Vatke) J.B. Gillett | ||
| schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. schimperi | Description, Image | |
| subulata Poir. var. subulata | ||
| tinctoria L. var. tinctoria | Description, Image | |
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire |