3702.030 Indigastrum Jaub. & Spach

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, hairy. Leaves compound, 3-13 foliate, leaflets opposite, entire. Racemes axillary, with many flowers, bracts fall early. Calyx lobes equal to or longer than the tube. Corolla pink, wings twisted outwards, appears to be tri-petalous. Pods reflexed, linear, may be laterally compressed; sutures prominent. Seeds up to 20, small round.

Worldwide: 10 species in Africa, one species pantropical

Mozambique: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
costatum (Guill. & Perr.) Schrire subsp. macrum (E. Mey.) Schrire	MS,GI,M	Description, Image
parviflorum (Wight & Arn.) Schrire subsp. parviflorum var. parviflorum	GI

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Flora of Botswana: Indigastrum
Flora of Caprivi: Indigastrum
Flora of Malawi: Indigastrum
Flora of Zambia: Indigastrum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Indigastrum

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Indigastrum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Indigastrum
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Wikipedia: Indigastrum