| Dicotyledon | Literature for Indigofera suffruticosa
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Lorence & Wagner, 2020. |
| Fabaceae -- The Pea Family | Bibliography |
| Indigofera suffruticosa | |
Common name(s): indigo, `iniko, `inikoa, kolu |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Pantropical, but presumably of neotropical origin.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Erect shrub to 20‒25 dm tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves elliptic, short-petiolate; leaflets (7‒)9‒17, opposite, oblong, elliptic, or sometimes elliptic-obovate, 10‒38 mm long, 3‒15 mm wide, adaxial surface glabrous to sparsely strigose, abaxial surface moderately strigose. |
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| Flowers |
Inflorescences a raceme, 2‒4 cm long. Flowers with calyx ca. 1.5 mm long, teeth deltate; corolla salmon pink to red, 4‒6 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit dark brown, linear, strongly curved upward, 15‒20(‒30) mm long, 2‒3 mm wide, moderately strigillose. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds 4‒6, dark brown, 1.7‒2 mm long, 1.2‒1.5 mm wide. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 12, 16, 32. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |
