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  • COMMON NAME: Sticky Indigo
  • ARABIC: النيلي اللزج
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Indigofera colutea (Burm.f.) Merr.
  • SYNONYMS: Galega colutea Burm.f.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:499156-1/images
Perennial, woody, stems straggly, spreading, up to 50 cm, densely covered with glands and very short hairs. Leaves up to 4 cm long, with 5-14 widely spaced opposite leaflets (one terminal), with rounded tips, often folded along midrib, cupped. Flowers dark red, in loose 4-10-flowered sprays, upper petal hairy on outer surface. Pods up to 1 cm, straight, slightly constricted between seeds, hairy. Flowering throughout the year, peak from January to July.
Sand plains, roadsides.
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