Indigofera argentea
Burm.f.
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Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the desert.
Africa, Algeria, Asia, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Haiti, India, Mali, Mauritania, Middle East, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Sahara, Sahel, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, West Africa, West Indies, Yemen,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Grenada, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A small shrub. It grows 60 cm tall. It has several hairy branches. The leaves are compound and up to 2.6 cm long with 7-11 leaflets. The fruit are 9-13 mm long. They are hairy.
Names & Synonyms
Guiz, Nil, Tagjao, Tajjaua, Tejao
Indigofera argentea L.Indigofera brachycarpa GrahamIndigofera burmannii Boiss.Indigofera retusa GrahamIndigofera semitrijuga var. tetrasperma DC.Indigofera simplicifolia Dennst.
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
