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Tephrosia travancorica
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Tephrosia travancorica Toth. et Das, Rheedea 1: 57. 1991.
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Description:
Undershrubs. Leaves imparipinnate, 8-13 cm long; leaflets opposite, 11-19, ovate-elliptic, to ovate-oblong to oblong, 15-30 x 5-10 mm, acute or retuse at apex, rounded at base, entire, glabrous above, glabrous or minutely puberulous below; petioles 1-1.5 mm; stipules small, ovate. Racemes terminal, 10 x 6 cm. Flowers fairly large, 20-24 mm; pedicels 17-20 mm long; bracts small; rachis and bracts canescent. Calyx cup campanulate 3-5 mm, canescent, distinctly 5-toothed, teeth 1-2 mm long, unequal. Vexillum ovate to ovate- orbicular, 2 cm across, clawed, glabrous within and densely brown silky without; wings oblong, 15 mm; keels boat-shaped, 2 cm long; Stamens monadelphous, sheath 18-24 mm, five longer filaments alternating with five shorter ones; vexillary filaments free below. Pistil 2.5 cm, ovary linear; style short; stigma capitate; ovules 4. Pod not known.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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