Indigofera trita var. maffeii, (Chiov.) Ali (1958: 559)

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11.2. var. maffeii (Chiov.) Ali (1958: 559)

Type:— SOMALIA. Genale, Pollacci & Maffei 124 ( FT).

Synonyms:— I. maffeii Chiov. in Att. Ist. Bot. Pavia ser. 4, 7:128. t. 5.1936.

I. subulata Vahl ex Poiret var. maffeii (Chiov.)

I. oreophila Santapau & Panthaki in Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 54:221.1956;

I. trita Linn. f. subsp. subulata auct. non (Vahl ex Poiret) Ali 1958;

I. spachii Baker var. trifoliolata Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4, App. II: 240. 1986, ex parte. I. quartiniana A. Rich Tent. Fl. Ab. : 1183. 1847, ex parte.

Differs from var. trita in having more than 4.5 cm long, distinctly pedunculate racemes, narrow and spreading pods and from var. purandharensis Sanjappa in having membranous leaves, pods that are broad (2 mm), compact and deflexed.

Phenology:— Fls. August–November; Frts. October–January

Distribution:— INDIA: Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab; PAKISTAN, ETHIOPIA, ERITREA, KENYA, MOZAMBIQUE, TANGANYIKA, SOMALI REPUBLIC, SUDAN, UGANDA.

Habitat:— Open areas in deciduous forests, road sides, hill slopes from 30 to 100 m.

Specimen examined:— Gujarat: Dangs forest , 23 October 1919, R. H. Dastur 141 ; Waghai to Pimpri , 23 September 1955, D. P. Panthaki 2350 (Holotype of I. oreophila Santapau & Panthaki, BLAT ) ; Santapau 19985, 20081 ( BLAT, DD) .

Chr. No.:— n = 8 ( Sanjappa 1983c).

Pollen:— 3-zonocolporate, suboblate, 25x29 (24–26x28–30) μm, granulate (Vishnu-Mittre & Sharma, Pollen et Spores 4: 5–45. 1962 sub I. oreophila Santapau & Panthaki ).