Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Fabaceae / Papilionaceae
Indigofera hochstetteri Baker
English name:
Local name: Fooli booti.
Description:
An annual branched usually prostrate spreading herb, with many branches. Leaves
usually 3 to 5 foliate in odd number. Inflorescence a short peduncled raceme.
Flowers orange, pods flat, curved, many seeded.
Flowering Period:
Summer season.
Habitat:
Grows on sandy to clayey soils, frequent in the vicinity of
cultivated areas.
Uses:
A palatable species for livestock.
Distribution:
Pakistan (Sindh, Punjab), Afghanistan, India,
Arabia, Somali Republic Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan,
Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Congo.
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