Indigofera tinctoria L.
var. tinctoria

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Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

Photo: Sune Holt
Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique

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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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Literature:

Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 133 - 135. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Caprivi: Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria
Flora of Mozambique: Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Indigofera tinctoria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Indigofera tinctoria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Indigofera tinctoria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Indigofera tinctoria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Indigofera tinctoria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Indigofera tinctoria
JSTOR Plant Science: Indigofera tinctoria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Indigofera tinctoria
Plants of the World Online: Indigofera tinctoria
Tropicos: Indigofera tinctoria
Wikipedia: Indigofera tinctoria


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Indigofera tinctoria var. tinctoria.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=204780, retrieved 14 February 2025

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