Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Indigofera truxillensis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 456. 1823.
Indigofera tinctoria brachvearpa DC. Prodr. 2: 224, in part. 1825. Indigofera Anil oligophylla DC. Prodr. 2: 225. 1825. Anila tinctoria media Kuutze, Rev. Gen. 160. 1891.
A shrub, 5 dm. high or more, branched; branches angled, densely strigose; stipules subulate-setaceous, 3 mm. long; leaves 5-10 cm. long; leaflets 7-11, oblong to obovate, rounded at the apex, acute at the base, strigose on both sides, 1-2 cm. long; racemes dense, about 5 cm. long; calyx 1.5 mm. long, flowers like those of /. suffruticosa; pod 1.5-2 cm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad, slightly arcuate, but less so than in the preceding, more gradually tapering at the apex, 3-6-seeded, mostly 4-seedcd. Perhaps not distinct from /. suffruticosa, but so regarded by Prain & Baker (Jour. Bot 40: 137. 1902).
TypR locality: Truxillo, Peru.
I Distribution: Veracruz, Sonora, and Sinaloa; Panama; Jamaica; Porto Rico; St. Vincent; also from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
