Herbs or shrubs. Hairs usually medifixed. Leaves usually imparipinnate. Flowers usually in axillary racemes. Corolla usually red. Stamens united or with the upper one free; anthers apiculate. Fruit usually dehiscent. Derivation of name: Indigo-fera: indigo-bearing Worldwide: c. 700 species in tropical and warm areas Zambia: 114 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| antunesiana Harms | B,N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| arenophila Schinz | B,S | |
| arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. | B,N,C,S | Description, Image |
| astragalina DC. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps | C,E | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. glandulosissima (R.E. Fr.) J.B.Gillett | N,W,C,E | |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. setosissima (Harms) J.B. Gillett | N,W | |
| bainesii Baker | ||
| bangweolensis R.E. Fr. | N | |
| barotseënsis Schrire | B,W | |
| baumiana Harms | B,W,S | Description, Image |
| biglandulosa J.B. Gillett | N | |
| brachynema J.B. Gillett | B,N,W,C,S | |
| brevifilamenta J.B.Gillett subsp. zambesiaca Schrire | C,E | |
| breviviscosa J.B.Gillett | B,N,W | |
| capitata Kotschy | N,W | |
| charlieriana Schinz subsp. charlieriana var. charlieriana | B,S | Description, Image |
| colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. var. colutea | N,C,S | |
| congesta Baker | N,W | |
| conjugata Baker var. trimorphophylla (Taub.) J.B. Gillett | W | |
| daleoides Benth. ex Harv. var. daleoides | B,S | Description, Image |
| dasyantha Baker f. | N | |
| deightonii J.G.Gillett subsp. rhodesica J.B.Gillett [DD] | N | |
| demissa Taub. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| dendroides Jacq. | B,N,W,C,E | |
| dissitiflora Baker var. major (J.B. Gillett) Schrire | N,C,E | |
| drepanocarpa Taub. | N,W | |
| dyeri Britten var. dyeri | C,S | |
| dyeri Britten var. major J.B. Gillett | C,S | |
| dyeri Britten var. parviflora J.B. Gillett | S | |
| emarginella A. Rich. var. emarginella | B,N,W,C | |
| emarginella A. Rich. var. longifoliolata J.B. Gillett [VU] | N | |
| emarginelloides J.B.Gillett | N,W,C | |
| erythrogramma Baker subsp. erythrogramma | W | |
| erythrogramma Baker subsp. lanceolata Schrire | E,S | |
| eylesiana J.B. Gillett | S | Description, Image |
| fanshawei J.B. Gillett | B,W,C,S | |
| filipes Benth. ex Harv. | B | |
| flavicans Baker | B,W,S | Description, Image |
| fulvopilosa Brenan | N,W,C,E | |
| fuscobarbata Schrire | N,W,C | |
| gairdnerae Hutch. ex Baker f. | B,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| garckeana Vatke | N | |
| glaucifolia Cronq. subsp. glaucifolia | N,W | |
| glaucifolia Cronq. subsp. rhodesiaca (J.B. Gillett) Schrire | N,W,C,E | |
| goetzei Harms | N | Description, Image |
| griseoides Harms subsp. griseoides | B,W,C,S | |
| griseoides Harms subsp. mpikensis Schrire | N/C | |
| hendecaphylla Jacq. | B,N,S | |
| hewittii Baker f. | N,W,C,S | |
| hirsuta L. | B,N,W,S | Image |
| hochstetteri Baker | N | |
| homblei Baker f. & Martin | N,W | |
| inhambanensis Klotzsch | S | Image |
| kaessneri Baker f. | N,W | |
| kavangoensis Schrire | B | |
| livingstoniana J.B. Gillett | B,S | |
| longibarbata Engl. | N | |
| lupatana Baker f. | S | |
| malongensis Cronq. | N | |
| microcalyx Baker | N | |
| microcarpa Desv. | ||
| micropetala Baker f. | N | |
| milne-redheadii J.B. Gillett | N,W,E | |
| mimosoides Baker var. mimosoides | N,W | |
| monantha Baker f. | N,W,C,E,S | |
| mupensis Torre subsp. abercornensis J.B.Gillett | N,C | |
| nambalensis Harms | W,C | |
| nummulariifolia (L.) Livera ex Alston | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| nyassica Gilli var. nyassica | N | |
| ormocarpoides Baker | B,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| oxalidea Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| paracapitata J.B. Gillett | N,W | |
| patula Baker subsp. patula | N,E | |
| peltata J.B.Gillett | E | |
| podocarpa Baker f. & Martin | N,W,C,S | |
| polysphaera Baker | N | Description, Image |
| praticola Baker f. var. latifructa Schrire | S | |
| praticola Baker f. var. praticola | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pulchra Willd. | N | |
| quarrei Cronquist | W | |
| radicifera Cronq. subsp. arthrocarpa Schrire | N | |
| radicifera Cronq. subsp. radicifera | S | |
| rhynchocarpa Welw. ex Baker | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| robinsonii Schrire | N,W | |
| roseo-caerulea Baker f. | E | Description, Image |
| rumphiensis Schrire | N | |
| schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. schimperi | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. baukeana (Vatke) J.B. Gillett | E | |
| schliebenii Harms | N | |
| secundiflora Poiret var. rubripilosa De Wild. | N,W,C | |
| setiflora Baker var. setiflora | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| simplicifolia Lam. | N | |
| smutsii J.B.Gillett | N | |
| soutpansbergensis Schrire | S | |
| spicata Forssk. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| streyana Merxm. | C | |
| strobilifera (Hochst.) Hochst. ex Baker subsp. strobilifera | B,N,C,E,S | Image |
| subargentea De Wild. | N,W,C,E | |
| subcorymbosa Baker var. subcorymbosa | N,W,S | Description, Image |
| subcorymbosa Baker var. grandis Schrire | N | |
| subulata Poir. var. scabra (Roth) Meikle | N,W,C,E | |
| subulata Poir. var. subulata | C,S | |
| subulifera Welw. ex Baker var. subulifera | N,W,C,E | |
| sutherlandoides Baker | B,N,W,C | |
| swaziensis Bolus var. perplexa (N.E. Br.) J.B. Gillett | ||
| thomsonii Baker f. | N,W | |
| tinctoria L. var. arcuata J.B. Gillett | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| trachyphylla Oliv. | N,W,C,E | |
| trigonelloides Jaub. & Spach | W | |
| ugandensis Baker f. | E | |
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire | B,W,C,S | |
| viscidissima Baker subsp. viscidissima | B,N,W,S | |
| wentzeliana Harms | N,W,C | Description, Image |