Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera dendroides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera dendroides is an elegant, erect, wiry, more or less branched annual plant growing from 20 - 150cm 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 medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Africa - Senegal and southern Mauritania to Sudan and Kenya, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, avoiding areas of higher rainfall

HabitatGrassland; cultivated ground; seasonal swamps and flood plains; scrub; sparingly grassy slopes; pathsides; savannah; neglected Cedrela plantation with regenerating mixed woodland[ 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. ].