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Taxon:  Indigofera pilosa Poir.



Summary
Genus:
Indigofera
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Indigofereae
Nomen number:
70383
Place of publication:
Encycl. suppl. 3:151. 1813
Verified:
09/15/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
  2. Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
  3. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Gillett, J. B. 1958. Indigofera (Microcharis) in tropical Africa. Kew Bull. add. ser., 1:58.
  6. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  7. Lebrun, J.-P. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. 1972
  8. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  9. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Sudan, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
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=70383. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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