Description
Indigofera colutea (Buem. F.) Merr.
Herb, up to 50 high; stem glandular-pubescent. Leaves imparipinnate Leaflets 7-13-pairs, 7 x 3 mm, elliptic-oblong, cuneate, margin short glandular hairy, obtuse-retuse, mucronate, apparssed glandular hairs; petiole 02 mm long; rachis 2.5 cm long. Stipule setaceous. Racemes axillary, solitary, 6 cm long. Flowers ca. 3.2 mm across, pale-pink. Calyx-lobe 5, setaceous. Petals 5, exserted; standard oblong - elliptic; wings oblong; keel obovate. Stamens 10; style 1 mm; stigma capitate. pod 2 mm, terete, mucronate-spinules, vicide; seeds ca. 12, black-purpule, pitted.
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