Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera stenophylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera stenophylla is a stiffly erect, branching annual plant with more or less woody stems; it can grow 40 - 90cm 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[ 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/ ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal and Liberia, through Niger and Nigeria to southern Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, avoiding areas of higher rainfall

HabitatShort grassland; pathsides; cultivations; rocks; scree; colluvium; lateritic soils; clayey-sandstony soils; fallow land; savannahs; at elevations from 500 - 1,500 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. ].