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Tephrosia maxima (L.)Pers.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia maxima (L.)Pers. [Preferred name]
    Cracca maxima L. {Synonym}
    Galega maxima (L.)L. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia purpurea var. maxima (L.)Baker {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Tanzania (N) [210]
  Asia
India (N) [210, 1914, 3009, 3026, 3366, 3376, 3380, 3690]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Goa [3690]; Gujarat [3690]; Karnataka [3690]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3690]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3026]; Sri Lanka (N) [210, 1957]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 2023, 3009, 3026, 3386] ; Illustration [3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

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

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3380.

  Mohanan, M. & Henry, A.N., 1994
    Flora of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3690.

  Sanjappa, M., 2001
    Pers.comm.
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