Fabaceae FAMILY
Indigofera pulchra
Indigofera pulchra
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Indigofera pulchra is a stiffly erect branching annual plant, sometimes perennating and becoming a softly woody shtub; it can grow 30 - 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 RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Sudan, south to Angola, DR Congo, Tanzania, avoiding areas of higher rainfall
HabitatLaterite, edge of bowé; sands; fallowland; sandy hollows; sommetimes ruderal; savannahs; old cultivations (sometimes invasive); road sides; dry thickets; at elevations from 100 - 1,780 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. ].