Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera paniculata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera paniculata is an erect, branched annual plant growing 30 - 150cm or more tall from a woody rootstock[ 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 medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

HabitatHumid ground; pool edges; forest gallery; savannah; fields; river banks; clayey-sandy to clayey temporarily flooded soils; grassland; forest margins; dried-up swamps; old cultivations[ 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. ].