• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Tephrosia maxima
• Basionym : Galega maxima L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tephrosia maxima (L.) Pers.
• Key identification features : Slender prostrate or ascending herb up to 30 inches long. Leaves are odd-pinnate, stipules are lanceolate, leaflets of about 9 pairs. Racemes are axillary, leaf opposed with large pink flowers; standard is dull grey on the rear. Lobes are lanceolate, appressed pubescent and corolla is brioght purple. Ovary is sparsely appresed pubescent. Pods are straight with about 15 orbicular seeds.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : October-January
• Comments : Occasional on gravelly ground in dry deciduous and open forests.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kalasamudram R.F. (Ananthapur district), Simhachalam Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Guntur district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Khurda district, Puri district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : East Africa, India, Sri Lanka
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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 maxima. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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