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 DRC: 26 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| ambelacensis Schweinf. | ||
| arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Description, Image | |
| astragalina DC. | Description, Image | |
| atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps | Description, Image | |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. setosissima (Harms) J.B. Gillett | ||
| brevicalyx Baker f. | ||
| circinella Baker f. | Description, Image | |
| colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. var. colutea | ||
| congesta Baker | ||
| conjugata Baker [Agg] | ||
| dendroides Jacq. | ||
| drepanocarpa Taub. | ||
| emarginella A. Rich. var. emarginella | ||
| garckeana Vatke | ||
| hirsuta L. | Image | |
| longibarbata Engl. | ||
| longistaminata Schrire | ||
| mimosoides Baker var. mimosoides | ||
| roseo-caerulea Baker f. | Description, Image | |
| secundiflora Poiret var. rubripilosa De Wild. | ||
| spicata Forssk. | Description, Image | |
| subargentea De Wild. | ||
| subulata Poir. var. subulata | ||
| tanganyikensis Baker f. var. tanganyikensis | ||
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. vicioides | ||
| zenkeri Harms ex Baker f. |