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. |