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Tephrosia lurida Sond.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia lurida Sond. [Preferred name]
    Tephrosia angustissima Engl. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia laxiflora R.E.Fr. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia longipes var. lurida (Sond.)J.B.Gillett {Synonym}
    Tephrosia paucijuga sensu Cronquist {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [441]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210]

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

  
USES:
  Medicine [440]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

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

440.

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

441.

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