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Tephrosia candida
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Tephrosia candida DC., Prodr. 2: 249. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 111. 1876; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 256. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 116. 1998.
Robinia candida (DC.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 327. 1832.
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Description:
Perennial, suffrutescent shrubs, 1-3.5 m tall; stems ridged, grayish white tomentose,. Leaves alternate, 17-25-foliolate; rachis 15-25 cm, including petiole; leaflets oblong, 3-6 × 0.6-1.4 cm, abaxially densely sericeous, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 30-50 on each side of midvein. Pseudoracemes terminal or lateral, 15-20 cm; pedicel ca. 1 cm, densely white villous. Flowers ca. 2 cm. Calyx ca. 5 × 5 mm; teeth equal, ca. 1 mm, apex rounded. Petals white, rarely yellow or pale pink; standard densely sericeous. Ovary tomentose, with numerous ovules. Fruit linear, 8-10 cm × 7.5-8.5 mm, straight, brown tomentose with a mixture of long and short trichomes, apex truncate and with a straight ca. 1 cm beak; seeds 10-15 per legume, olive-green with dark patches, ellipsoid, ca. 5 × 3.5 mm, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vallakkadavu
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