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Tephrosia pumila (Lam.)Pers.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia pumila (Lam.)Pers. [Preferred name]
    Galega procumbens Buch.-Ham. {Synonym}
    Galega pumila Lam. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia commersoni Scott-Elliot {Synonym}
    Tephrosia dichotoma Desv. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia procumbens (Buch.-Ham.)Gamble {Synonym}
    Tephrosia procumbens sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Tephrosia purpurea var. pumila (Lam.)Baker, p.p. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia purpurea var. pumila sensu Cronquist, p.p. {Misapplied}
    Tephrosia quartiniana var. inflexa (Chiov.)Cufod. {Misapplied}
    Tephrosia timoriensis DC. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia uniflora sensu Hepper, p.p. {Misapplied}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Indigo Sauvage [1941]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Botswana (N) [441]; Burundi (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Ghana (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210, 1915]; Malawi (N) [441]; Mozambique (N) [441]; Rwanda (N) [8]; Somalia (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210, 1915]; Zanzibar [1915]; Togo (N) [8]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [441]; Zimbabwe (N) [210, 441]
  Asia
China (N) [2884]; Guangdong [2884]; India (N) [1914, 1915, 1938, 1974, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3116, 3144, 3371, 3372, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3380, 3384, 3584]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [1938]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3116]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; Indonesia (N) [1974]; Jawa (N) [1974]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [1974]; Malaysia (N) [1974]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Philippines (N) [1974]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957]; Sulawesi (N) [1974]; Thailand (N) [1974]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261, 1974]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (I) [1941]; Assumption I [1941]; Astove I [1941]; Cosmoledo I [1941]; Comoro Is (N) [441]; Laccadive Is (N) [3076, 3379]; Madagascar (N) [210, 3402]; Maldives (N) [3062, 3076]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [1915, 1941]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 1859, 1915, 1938, 1941, 1957, 1974, 2884, 3009, 3026, 3028, 3055, 3059, 3386, 3402] ; Illustration [24, 210, 1859, 1974, 2884, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3402], Not climbing [1941] [1974] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [1915] [1974] [3402], Shrub [1974] ; Lifespan: Annual [1915] [1974], Perennial [1915] [1974] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novos

  
USES:
  Environmental [1974]; Forage [1974]; Weed [3076]

  
NOTES:
  The variety occurring in Madagascar correspods with var. pumila. [3402]

  
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