Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera diphylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera diphylla is a semi-woody, spreading, perennial herb growing 30 - 60cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a dye and medicine, it is also sometimes grown to help stabilize sand dunes.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSub-Saharan tropical Africa - Mauritania and Senegal east to Sudan.

HabitatFixed sand dunes in dry sandy areas[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].