Indigofera tinctoria L.
var. tinctoria

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Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Synonyms:	Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn.
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Description:	See var. arcuata for general description detail. This variety can be distinguished by the straight or only slightly curved fruit. The fruit is never curved more than by about 50 degrees, while those in var. arcuata are much more strongly curved, often forming almost a full circle.
Type location:	Sri Lanka
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespreadtropical Africa but in our region only recorded from Mozambique. Also in Madagascar,Yemen, Saudi Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, Australasia and South America. in Ver
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 133 - 135. (Includes a picture).

Flora of Mozambique: Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

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