• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Tephrosia pumila
• Basionym : Galega pumila Lam.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tephrosia pumila (Lam.) Pers.
• Vernacular name : Vampali (Tel.); Moishia Kolathya (Ori.)
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Comments : Common in dry deciduous and open forests.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Hoganekkal Forest (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kondapalli Hills (Krishna district), Kalasamudram R.F. (Ananthapur district), Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Kadapa district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Bolangir district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 �â�€�“ 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 pumila. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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