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Seed Accession 000009

Taxon

Indigofera schimperi

Botanical Name

Indigofera schimperi Jaubert & Spach

Accession No.

000009

Accession Date

3 Aug 2000

Availability

B (Moderate)*

Collector(s)

A. Ellert, M. Wilkins

Collection Date

24 Jul 1999

Locality

Zimbabwe
Near the new university, NUST, off Cecil Ave. between Johannesburg Road and Old Nic Mine Rd., Bulawayo. Near 20°09'30"S x 28°38'E. Elev. ca. 1,400 m.

Setting Circumstances

Growing on clay soil in wooded grassland w/ Acacia arenaria, A. galpinii, A. nilotica, Albizia amara, A. harveyi, Bolusanthus speciosus, Combretum apiculatum, C. hereroense, Dichrostachys cinerea, Peltophorum africanum, Sclerocarrya birrea.

Provenance

Wild

Associated Accession

None

No. Individuals Collected From

Unknown

Comments

Perennial, erect to spreading shrub 20-60 cm ht., pink-purple flowers on spikes, pods velvety-brown, dehiscent.

Herbarium Voucher(s)

None

 

* = seeds are subject to the following restriction: Although United States has not ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), it is the policy of DELEP that seeds of plants obtained from outside of United States after 31 December 1993 are subject to the provisions of the CBD. Distribution of such seeds will be contingent upon the prior receipt of a waiver of noncommercialization where commercial use is anticipated.

Desert Legume Program

Desert Legume Program
2120 E. Allen Road
Tucson, AZ 85719

delep@cals.arizona.edu

 


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