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Tephrosia villosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pres., Syn. 2: 329. 1807; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 113. 1876; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 136. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 206. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 174. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 260. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 160. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 155. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 117. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 106. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 242. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 311. 2009.
Cracca villosa L., Sp. Pl. 752. 1753.
Tephrosia hirta (Buch.-Ham.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 318(225). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 87. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 138. 1989.
Tephrosia incana Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 212. 1834.
Tephrosia argentea Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 329. 1807.
Galega hirta Buch.-Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 546. 1822.
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Description:
Much branched annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; branchlets densely pubescent with white appressed-hairs. Leaves imparipinnate, to 6 cm long; leaflets 9-15, 1-2 x 0.5-1 cm, obovate or oblanceolate, base acute to cuneate, apex obtuse or retuse, glabrous above and sericeous below; stipules 3-6 mm long, subulate. Inflorescence pseudoracemose, terminal or leaf-opposed, to 7 cm long. Flowers 8-10 mm long, subsessile; bracts linear-deltoid. Calyx c. 5 mm long; lobes filiform, ciliate. Petals pink or white; standard 8-10 mm long, orbicular; wings to 1 cm long, oblong-obovate; keels c. 8 mm long, beaked. Pods 2.5-3.5 x 0.4-0.5 cm, oblong-falcate, densely villous, 5-8-seeded. Seeds c. 3 x 2 mm, reniform, dark brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Idukki, Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
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Distribution:
South Asia
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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:
Vazhani, Alampetty, Thekkady, Bekal, Nileswar, Pappinisseri, Walayar, Nangiarkulangara
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