Tephrosia tinctoria Pers.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species : Tephrosia tinctoria
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tephrosia tinctoria Pers.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Comments : Occasional on foothills up to 1000 m on bare hill slopes, crevices of rocks and forest border.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Yercaud Hills (Salem district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Tephrosia tinctoria. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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