Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera fulvopilosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera fulvopilosa is an erect or prostrate branching annual or short-lived perennial plant growing 30 - 100cm tall from a taproot[ 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 - Sierra Leone to Nigeria; Congo to Sudan, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique

HabitatRoadsides; grassland; forest margins; land regenerating after cultivation; thalweg at edge of forest gallery; big rocky scree, in deep shade; Brachystegia woodland savannahs; at elevations from 900 - 1,700 metres[ 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. ].