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Indigofera baumiana
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Habit
Kalahari woodland
Musole area, Sesheke District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Kalahari woodland
Musole area, Sesheke District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Kalahari woodland
Musole area, Sesheke District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Kalahari woodland
Musole area, Sesheke District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small shrub or suffrage up to 1.2 m tall, often flowering on annual shoots arising from a woody rootstock. Stems erect to spreading, sparsely to densely pubescent or pilose to shortly villous. Leaves pinnate, 7-19-foliolate, 2-12 cm long; terminal leaflet 5-23 x 2.5-17 mm, obovate or elliptic, sparsely to densely hairy above and below. Inflorescences racemose, 2-10 cm long, densely many flowered. Calyx 1.5-3 mm, densely hairy; lobes broadly triangular, shorter than tube. Corolla 13-19 mm long, pointed at apex in bud. Pod 35-60 x 3-4 mm, cylindrical, glabrous. Seeds 6-10, 2.5-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm, squarish to oblong, dark brown. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | baumiana : after Hugo Baum (1866-1950), German botanist and horticulturalist who participated in expeditions along the Cunene and Zambezi rivers where he made many collections. |
| Habitat: | Miombo and Cryptosepalum woodland, wooded grassland, mutemwa thicket or open dambos, in sand often near rivers or rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: | 1000 - 1400 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Angola, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Zambia and Tanzania |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,W,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,S,W |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 10 April 2024 |
| Literature: |
Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Page 105. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Indigofera baumiana
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