Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Indigofera | > | baumiana |
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Frequency: | Local |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small shrub or suffrage up to 1.2 m tall, often flowering on annual shoots arising from a woody rootstock. Stems erect to spreading, sparsely to densely pubescent or pilose to shortly villous. Leaves pinnate, 7-19-foliolate, 2-12 cm long; terminal leaflet 5-23 x 2.5-17 mm, obovate or elliptic, sparsely to densely hairy above and below. Inflorescences racemose, 2-10 cm long, densely many flowered. Calyx 1.5-3 mm, densely hairy; lobes broadly triangular, shorter than tube. Corolla 13-19 mm long, pointed at apex in bud. Pod 35-60 x 3-4 mm, cylindrical, glabrous. Seeds 6-10, 2.5-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm, squarish to oblong, dark brown. |
Type location: |
Angola |
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Derivation of specific name: | baumiana : after Hugo Baum (1866-1950), German botanist and horticulturalist who participated in expeditions along the Cunene and Zambezi rivers where he made many collections. |
Habitat: | Miombo and Cryptosepalum woodland, wooded grassland, mutemwa thicket or open dambos, in sand often near rivers or rocky outcrops. |
Altitude range: | 1000 - 1400 m |
Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Angola, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Zambia and Tanzania |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,W,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,S,W |
Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 10 April 2024 |
Literature: |
Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Page 105. |
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