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Tephrosia grandiflora (Aiton)Pers.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia grandiflora (Aiton)Pers. [Preferred name]
    Apodynomene grandiflora (Aiton)E.Mey. {Synonym}
    Apodynomene meyeri C.Presl {Synonym}
    Colinil roseum (Lam.)Hitchc. {Synonym}
    Cracca grandiflora (Aiton)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Galega grandiflora (Aiton)M.Vahl {Synonym}
    Galega grandiflora Aiton {Synonym}
    Galega rosea Lam. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
South Africa (N) [440]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880];
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [1056, 1725]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [440];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [440, 1056, 1725, 1917] ; Illustration [448]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
USES:
  Medicine [440]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

440.

  Forbes, H.M.L., 1948
    Bothalia 4:953-1006. ...the South African spp. of Tephrosia

448.

  Batten, A & Bokelmann, H., 1966
    Wild Flowers of the Eastern Cape Province. Books of Africa.

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1725.

  Wood, C.E.Jr., 1949
    Rhodora 51:193-231, 233-302, 305-364, 369-384...Tephrosia...

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1917.

  Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
    Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales
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