• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Basionym : Macronyx strigosus Dalzell
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tephrosia strigosa (Dalzell) Santapau & Maheshw.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open forests, also scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : Common in open forests and foothills in gravelly ground
• Flower, Fruit : August-November
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 02/01/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-282
• Collection Locality : Mabuuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Tamil Nadu : Synagunta RF (Vellore district), Sathanur forest (Tiruvannamalai district)
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Myanmar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of Indi
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tephrosia strigosa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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