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Tephrosia purpurea

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Name

Identification
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Pers. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Pers. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], — F.T.A. 2: 124 (incl. var. pubescens Bak.); Bak. f. l.c. 190; Cronq. l.c. 98.
Cracca purpurea Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753)
Tephrosia leptostachya DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1825) — F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 385.
Information
A variable perennial, 6–18 in. high, more or less erect, woody at the base; flowers purple or pink in very lax racemes with the lowest flowers appearing axillary and solitary; in dry waste places.
Habitat
; in dry waste places.
Range
Widely spread throughout tropical Africa and Asia
Distribution
Sen. Roger! Perrottet 202! Heudelot 408! Walo Heudetot! M舗bidjem Thierry 47!Gam. Boteler!Fr. Sud. Timbuktu (fl. 8 fr. June, July) Hagerup 135! 217! 246b!G. C. Prampram (fr. May) Irvine 1437! Morton GC 6087! Labadi (fl. 8 fr. Mar.) Deighton 580!Dah. Cotonou (fr. Feb.) Debeaux 158!N. Nig. Mokoye, Zaria (fl. & fr. Aug.) Keay FHI 28026! Sokoto (fl. 8 fr. Sept., Oct.) Moiser 116! 128! Bauchi Plateau (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Lely P 569! Katagum (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Dalz. 29! L. Chad (fl. 8 fr. Feb.) E. Vogel 38!Br. Cam. Bama, Dikwa Div. (Nov.) McClintock 29!

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