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Tephrosia hookeriana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Tephrosia hookeriana Wight & Arn., Prodr. 212. 1834, non Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 113. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 320(226). 1918; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 135. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 155. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 256. 1992.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets silky-pubescent. Leaves alternate, pinnate, to 13 cm; leaflets 8-10 pairs, opposite, 2-3.5 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, chartaceous, glabrescent above, yellowish-pubescent below, base subacute-cuneate, margin entire, apex obtuse-truncate, stiff-mucronate; petiole to 1 cm; petiolule 0.5 mm; stipules linear, 8 mm. Pseudoracemes leaf-opposed, to 15(20) cm; flowers on interrupted clusters; peduncle to 3 cm; bracts to 4 mm; pedicel to 5 mm. Calyx-tube 2 mm, velvety; lobes to 4 mm. Standard petal obovate, 1 x 0.8 cm, sericeous. Pod oblong, 4 x 0.5 cm, compressed, tomentose, yellowish-pubescent.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wastelands
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Red
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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:
Cannanore, Kumbla
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