Fabaceae FAMILY
Indigofera capitata
Indigofera capitata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Indigofera capitata is a much-branched, erect annual to perennial plant growing from a taproot; it can grow up to 100cm tall[ 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/ ]. 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 and Zambia
HabitatThin vegetation on shallow soil; ferrugineous plateau; dry ground; hollows; wooded savannah on sand; esobe and savannah on sandy soils[ 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. ]