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Tephrosia holstii Taub.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia holstii Taub. [Preferred name]
    Tephrosia paniculata ssp. holstii (Taub.)Brummitt {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210];
    Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210] ; Distribution Map [441] ; Illustration [24]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

  
USES:
  Toxins [52]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

52.

  Verdcourt, B. & Trump, E.C., 1969
    Common Poisonous Plants of East 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
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