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Tephrosia leptostachya

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Name

Identification
Tephrosia leptostachya DC. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for TEPHROSIA purpurea var. leptostachya [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
TEPHROSIA purpurea var. leptostachya [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
TEPHROSIA leptostachya DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prodr. 2: 251 (1825); L.T.A.: 191 (1926)
Information
Leaflets glabrous above; hairs on stems, leaf-rhachis and pods appressed, sometimes almost absent. Fig. 32/1–15.
Range
DISTR. U3; K7; T1–6, 8; Z; P Senegal to Nigeria, Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somali Republic (N.), Mozambique, Malawi, Rhodesia, Angola, South Africa (Transvaal)
Altitude range
0–1500 m., chiefly below 500 m.
Distribution
KENYA Mombasa District Likoni, Jan. 1931, Thorold 1534 !KENYA Kilifi District Arabuko, R. M. Graham in F.D. 1789 ! & Kilifi, 5 Feb. 1946, Jeffery 459 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Kalemera, 4 Apr. 1953, Tanner 1355 !TANGANYIKA Tanga District Kange Estate, 1 Nov. 1951, Faulkner 820!TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District Wazo Hill, 5Aug. 1967, Harris 745 !UGANDA Busoga District Bugiri Hill, 18 Dec. 1952, G. H. S. Wood 532! & 18 Feb. 1953, G. H. S. Wood 621!ZANZIBAR Zanzibar I., Hildebrandt 945! & Walezo, 3 Aug. 1930, Vaughan 1431!ZANZIBAR Pemba, Fundo I., Nov. 1929, Vaughan 920 !

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