Indigofera heterantha

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Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Read about Indigofera heterantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Inga (a West Indian name). Leguminosae. Tropical trees and shrubs, with acacia-like foliage and clusters of showy red stamens. Spineless: lvs. abruptly pinnate, usually with glands between the large lfts.: fls. not papilionaceous, in heads, spikes, racemes or umbels, mostly 5-merous; stamens 8, monadelphous, exserted beyond the small tubular or campanulate corolla: pod narrow, often thickened at the sutures, completely or partially indehiscent.— Species upward of 150, in W. Indies and S. Amer. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

I. anomala. Hort.=Dichrostachys nutans.—I. dulcis, Willd.= Pithecolobium.—I. guadalupensis, Desv.=Pithecolobium.^CH

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