Tephrosia spinosa (L.f.) Pers.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tephrosia spinosa (L.f.) Pers.
  • Common name : Wild Indigo
  • Vernacular name : Mullu kollingii (Kannada)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional
  • Key identification features : Thorny shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : August-January
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, Pudukkottai district, Ramanathapuram district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Java
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • 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 spinosa. Downloaded on 9 February 2025.

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