Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Tephrosia dasyphylla Baker.

Tephrosia dasyphylla Baker

HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia dasyphylla Baker [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Angola (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [210] ; Distribution Map [441]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

USES:
	Toxins [121]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

121.		Watt, J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M, 1962
		Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa

210.		Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
		Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

441.		Brummitt, R.K., 1968
		Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,41:219-393. Tephrosia in the FZ area