Fabaceae FAMILY

Indigofera microcarpa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Indigofera microcarpa is an annual or perennial usually grey-green herb with few-branched prostate stems radiating from a central woody rootstock, ascending towards the tips[ 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 - Mauritania and Senegal to Niger and Nigeria; Sudan, Ethiopia south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique; Angola; Madagascar

HabitatWeed of cultivation; shores of receding lakes and rivers; sandy soils; clayey soils; seasonally flooded places; at elevations up to 1,200 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. ].