| Indigofera hochstetteri Baker/ Heterotypic Synonyms: Indigofera semhaensis Vierh, it is an annual herb, with taproot, stem branched from base, branches 10-60 cm high, decumbent or loosely ascending, sparsely striguous. Leaves with setaceous or narrowly triangular-acuminate stipules, 3-5 mm long, petiole 6-17 mm long, leaflets 3-7, opposite, elliptical, 8-30 mm long and 2-9 mm wide, striguose below, glabrous above. Racemes arising in well-developed leaf axils, 12-50-flora, reaching almost 10 cm long at maturity, includes peduncle 0.2-3 cm long. Flower, calyx 2-3.5 mm long, lobes slender, much longer than the short tube. Red corolla, standard broadly oval to subrounded, 3.5-4.5 mm long, striguous on the back. Pods reflexed, agglomerated, straight or slightly arched, thin, strongly flattened, 10-20 mm long and 2- 3 mm wide, ± scattered shaggy-striguose. Seeds 4-8, small, with marked outline in the walls of the pod. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:————- Vern:————-, Phytochoria: SS+ Tro. Africa, The native range of this species is Sahara to Dry Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula to India. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499463-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/499463-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000192744, https://www.gbif.org/species/2972197, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146720/indigofera-hochstetteri-baker, https://www.southernafricanplants.net/plantdata_sub.php?Mspec_ID=3234 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Jabal Al-Uwinat |
| Gebel Uweinat, Wadi Karkour Ibrahim, Wadi Karkur Bohlaga 1979 Al-Uweinat region 2008 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Alzwai, A.M.H. (2008) A study of the vegetation covers of the Jabal Al-Uweinat region in Libya. Master Thesis – Botany Department – College of Science – Garyounis University – Libya. (In Arabic) |
