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 Malawi: 55 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| antunesiana Harms | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Description, Image | |
| astragalina DC. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook. f. subsp. atriceps | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| atriceps Hook.f. subsp. glandulosissima (R.E. Fr.) J.B.Gillett | N,C,S | |
| congesta Baker | ||
| conjugata Baker var. trimorphophylla (Taub.) J.B. Gillett | N | |
| dendroides Jacq. | ||
| dimidiata Walp. | S | Description, Image |
| dissitiflora Baker var. tenuis (Milne-Redh.) Schrire | N | |
| emarginella A. Rich. var. emarginella | ||
| erythrogramma Baker subsp. nampulensis Schrire [NrEnd] | S | |
| fulvopilosa Brenan | ||
| fuscobarbata Schrire | N | |
| fuscosetosa Baker | N | |
| garckeana Vatke | ||
| goetzei Harms | N,C | Description, Image |
| hendecaphylla Jacq. | S | |
| hilaris Eckl. & Zeyh. | S | Description, Image |
| hirsuta L. | C,S | Image |
| homblei Baker f. & Martin | N | |
| kuntzei Harms | S | Description, Image |
| longibarbata Engl. | N | |
| longistaminata Schrire | C | |
| lupatana Baker f. | N | |
| lyallii Baker subsp. lyallii | Description, Image | |
| lyallii Baker subsp. nyassica J.B. Gillett | ||
| manyoniensis Baker f. | N,C | |
| microscypha Baker [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | N | Description |
| milne-redheadii J.B. Gillett | ||
| mimosoides Baker var. mimosoides | ||
| nummulariifolia (L.) Livera ex Alston | N,S | Description, Image |
| ormocarpoides Baker | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| paniculata Vahl ex Pers. subsp. gazensis (Baker f.) J.B. Gillett | Description, Image | |
| patula Baker subsp. patula | ||
| peltata J.B.Gillett | ||
| praticola Baker f. var. praticola | C,S | Description, Image |
| pseudodemissa Schrire [End] [EN] | N | |
| ramosa Cronquist [VU] | ||
| rhynchocarpa Welw. ex Baker | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| roseo-caerulea Baker f. | N | Description, Image |
| schimperi Jaub. & Spach var. schimperi | C,S | Description, Image |
| secundiflora Poiret var. rubripilosa De Wild. | ||
| setiflora Baker var. setiflora | N | Description, Image |
| solirimae Schrire [End] [VU] | N | |
| spicata Forssk. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| strobilifera (Hochst.) Hochst. ex Baker subsp. strobilifera | N,C | Image |
| subulata Poir. var. scabra (Roth) Meikle | S | |
| subulifera Welw. ex Baker var. subulifera | ||
| swaziensis Bolus var. perplexa (N.E. Br.) J.B. Gillett | ||
| thomsonii Baker f. | N | |
| tinctoria L. var. arcuata J.B. Gillett | S | Description, Image |
| trachyphylla Oliv. | ||
| vicioides Jaub. & Spach subsp. rogersii (R.E. Fr.) Schrire | C | |
| zenkeri Harms ex Baker f. |