Indigofera cecilii N. E. Br.

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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba.

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Along Circular Drive towards Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.

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Synonyms:	Indigofera rehmannii sensu E.G. Baker
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Description:	Sub-shrubby perennial, usually less than 1 m tall. Most parts covered in silvery-white hairs. Leaves imparipinnate with 6-9 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Leaflets oblong to narrowly obovate, blue-green above, densely whitish velvety below. Flowers in axillary spike-like inflorescences, up to 12 cm long, reddish-pink; bracts and stalks covered in dense whitish hairs. Pods more or less spreading, subcylindrical, 14-21 mm long, densely whitish-orange velvety hairy and some darker hairs.
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Worldwide distribution:	Only known from the border mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, including Mt Gorongosa
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 86. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa. A checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Page 296. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 48. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 92 - 93. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 67. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.

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