- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Fabaceae
- Synonym(s) : Galega uniflora (Pers.) F.Dietr.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tephrosia uniflora Pers.
- Habit : Shrub
- Key identification features : Perennial shrub, up to 1 m tall; Leaf-rhachis c. 2.5–4.5 cm long, Leaflets (3–)5–7(–9), oblanceolate to elliptic or obovate, glabrous or pubescent above, silvery beneath; Flowers pink, 2–3 together in the leaf-axils, calyx pilose, with triangular-acuminate lobes, standard pubescent, (5–)8–10 mm long; Pod upcurved towards the tip, pubescent; Seeds (6–)9–13, c. 2.5 x 2 mm.
- Flower, Fruit : August- November
- Distribution :
- Native : Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, P
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zimbabwe
- Literature :
- Photographs of Dinesh Valke
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tephrosia uniflora. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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