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Taxon:  Indigofera spicata Forssk.



Summary
Genus:
Indigofera
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Indigofereae
Nomen number:
20052
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 138. 1775
Comment:
non Indigofera spicata auct., pro parte majore (= I. hendecaphylla Jacq.)
Verified:
09/17/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
59 (59  active, 57  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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  6. Du Puy, D. J. et al. 1993. The separation of two previously confused species in the Indigofera spicata complex (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Kew Bull. 48:727-733.
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  24. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
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  28. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
English
creeping indigo –
German
kriechender Indigostrauch –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=20052. Accessed 3 September 2025.


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