Indigofera spicata Forssk.

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Borrowdale Common

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Near Lodges, Crocodile Farm, Kariba

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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park

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Cleveland Dam

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In parking area, Halfway House, Headlands

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Hotel La Rochelle

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Lake Urema Floodplain Edge, Gorongosa National Park

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Hysteria Lane, Area 3, Lilongwe

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Synonyms:	Indigofera endecaphylla Jacq. Indigofera neglecta N.E. Br.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb with prostrate or semi erect creeping stems growing from a woody rootstock. The leaflets on the compound leaves are arranged alternately. The inflorescences arranged in erect, spike-like racemes, salmon pink to red.
Type location:	Yemen
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	spicata: arranged in a spike, spicate
Habitat:	In sandy grassland, margins of dambos, along roadsides and in cultivated and disturbed places.
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Flowering time:	Sep - May
Worldwide distribution:	Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Congo, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and North West, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Also in Yemen, Madagascar and Mauritius.
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Indigofera spicata brevicarpa Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. As Indigofera spicata brevicarpa Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 69. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 222. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 49. As Indigofera spicata var. spicata Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 126. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 60 - 61. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26. Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Pages 37 - 40. (Includes a picture).

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