Herbs or shrubs. Hairs usually medifixed. Leaves usually imparipinnate. Flowers usually in axillary racemes. Corolla usually red. Stamens united or with the upper one free; anthers apiculate. Fruit usually dehiscent. Derivation of name: Indigo-fera: indigo-bearing Worldwide: c. 700 species in tropical and warm areas Burundi: 47 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Content | |
| ambelacensis Schweinf. | ||
| arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Description, Image | |
| atriceps Hook.f. [Agg] | ||
| atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps | Description, Image | |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. ramosa (Cronquist) J.B.Gillett | ||
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. setosissima (Harms) J.B. Gillett | ||
| circinella Baker f. | ||
| colutea (Burm. f.) Merr. | ||
| congesta Baker | ||
| congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand | ||
| conjugata Baker [Agg] | ||
| conjugata Baker var. trimorphophylla (Taub.) J.B. Gillett | ||
| dendroides Jacq. | ||
| drepanocarpa Taub. | ||
| emarginella Steud. ex A.Rich. [Agg] | ||
| emarginella A. Rich. var. emarginella | ||
| fulvopilosa Brenan | ||
| garckeana Vatke | ||
| hendecaphylla Jacq. | ||
| hirsuta L. | Image | |
| homblei Baker f. & Martin | ||
| kaessneri Baker f. | ||
| longibarbata Engl. | ||
| longistaminata Schrire | ||
| macrocalyx Guill. & Perr. | ||
| microcalyx Baker | ||
| monantha Baker f. | ||
| monanthoides J.B.Gillett | ||
| oxalidea Welw. ex Baker | Description, Image | |
| paniculata Vahl ex Pers. [Agg] | ||
| paracapitata J.B. Gillett | ||
| phyllanthoides Baker | ||
| podocarpa Baker f. & Martin | ||
| polysphaera Baker | Description, Image | |
| pulchra Willd. | ||
| punctata Thunb. | ||
| radicifera Cronquist [Agg] | ||
| schliebenii Harms | ||
| secundiflora Poiret var. rubripilosa De Wild. | ||
| simplicifolia Lam. | ||
| spicata Forssk. | Description, Image | |
| stenophylla Guill. & Perr. | ||
| subulata Poir. var. scabra (Roth) Meikle | ||
| subulifera Welw. ex Baker var. subulifera | ||
| trita L.f. | ||
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire | ||
| zenkeri Harms ex Baker f. |