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Tephrosia maxima
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Tephrosia maxima (L.) Pers., Syn. 2: 329. 1807; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 319(225). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 87. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 204. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 257. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 159. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 105. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 241. 2009.
Galega maxima L., Syst. (ed.10): 1172. 1759.
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. var. maxima (L.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 113. 1876.
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Description:
Erect or ascending perennial undershrubs to 120 cm long; stem often purplish, pubescent. Leaves imparipinnate, 4-13 cm long; leaflet 9-17, 1-2.4 x 0.5-1 cm, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, base acute to cuneate, apex obtuse or truncate, apiculate, glabrous above, appressed-pubescent beneath, thin-coriaceous; stipules 4-7 x 2-4 mm, lanceolate, acuminate. Inflorescence racemose, axillary or pseudoterminal, to 14 cm long, few-flowered. Flowers 1.4-1.7 cm long; pedicels 2-3 mm long; bracts 4-5 x 1-1.5 mm, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate. Calyx-tube 2-3 mm long, campanulate, pubescent; lobes unequal, 3-6 mm long, lanceolate, appressed-pubescent. Corolla rose to pinkish white; standard 1.5-1.7 x 1-1.3 cm, obovate; wings 1-1.2 x 0.4-0.6 cm, obovate; keels 1.3-1.5 x 0.4-0.6 cm, oblong, falcate. Staminal sheath 1-1.4 cm long. Ovary 1-1.2 cm long, linear, compressed, hirsute; style 5-6 mm long, hirsute. Pods 4-6.5 x 0.4-0.6 cm, linear, slightly curved upward toward the apex. Seeds 3-4 mm long, orbicular, dark-brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Rocky areas, waste places and sea coasts
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and East Africa
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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, Blue
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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:
Chengamperu, Veli, Aroor, Valavanadu
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