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Tephrosia purpurea (L.)Pers.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia purpurea (L.)Pers. [Preferred name]
    Cracca purpurea L. {Synonym}
    Glycyrrhiza mairei H.Lev. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia colonila (Ham.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia diffusa (Roxb.)Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia ionophlebia Hayata {Synonym}
    Tephrosia lanceifolia Link {Synonym}
    Tephrosia piscatoria (Aiton)Pers. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia purpurea var. diffusa (Roxb.)Aitch. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Akatafotsy [3402]; Brusca Cimarrona [2157]; Faux Indigo [3056]; Gam-pila [4751]; Hora [2968]; Indigo [2157]; Indigo Rouge [1915]; Indigo Sauvage [1915]; Katafotsy [3402]; Kavilai [4751]; Kawati [4751]; Kimahandzy [3402]; Kolinchi [4751]; Makalala [3402]; Pila [4751]; Tephrosia [1941]; Tsarinetsy [3402]; Tuva, Russiakei [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Algeria (N) [441]; Angola (N) [210]; Benin (N) [212]; Botswana (N) [210]; Burundi (N) [8, 210]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]; Chad (N) [64]; Djibouti (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mali (N) [210]; Mauritania (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Namibia (N) [210]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Senegal (N) [210]; Socotra (N) [90]; Somalia (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [8]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1914]; Cambodia (I) [3465]; China (N) [2884, 3465]; Fujian [2884]; Guangdong [2884]; Guangxi [2884]; Sichuan [2884]; Yunnan [2884]; India (N) [210, 1974, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3094, 3101, 3113, 3119, 3140, 3366, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3387, 3584]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3370]; Bihar [3371]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Daman [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Diu [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020, 3113]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3101]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3387]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [210, 1974]; Irian Jaya (N) [1974]; Jawa (N) [1974]; Laos (I) [3465]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [1974]; Malaysia (I) [210, 1974]; Moluccas (N) [1974]; Myanmar (N) [210]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [210, 1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [1974]; Philippines (I) [1974]; Sri Lanka (N) [210, 1957, 1974]; Sulawesi (N) [1974]; Sumatera (N) [1974]; Taiwan (N) [2884]; Thailand (I) [3465]; Vietnam (I) [3465]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 1915]; Papua New Guinea (N) [1974]
  Caribbean
Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Haiti (N) [2157]; Jamaica (U) [1056]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (U) [3082]; Comoro Is (N) [441, 3054, 4747]; Laccadive Is (N) [3379]; Madagascar (N) [210, 1915, 3402]; Mauritius (N) [210, 1915]; Reunion (N) [1915]; Rodrigues (N) [1915]; Seychelles (U) [210]
  North America
United States (U) [1271, 1431]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (U) [2264]; Hawaii (U) [1431, 1643]; Society Is (U) [2968]
  South America
Brazil (U) [1414]; Surinam (N) [2285]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 1056, 1915, 1938, 1941, 1957, 1974, 2157, 2884, 3057, 3386, 3402] ; Distribution Map [441] ; Illustration [210, 1915, 1974, 2157, 2884, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1941] [1974] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names, 2005-10 von Raab-Straube E - Ed.scr.German Names ; Habit: Herb [1941] [1974] [3402], Shrub [1974] [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [1974] [3402], Perennial [1974] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1999-05 Heald J, 2003-11 (Ma

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1974, 3030]; Environmental [1957, 3030]; Food and Drink [1974]; Forage [1974]; Medicine [121, 1974, 3030, 3034, 3056]; Toxins [121, 1974, 2264, 2968, 3030]; Weed [3060]

  
NOTES:
  Native to Tropical Asia and Australia. [1915]
  Indigenous to the Mascarenes and Madagascar. [1915]

  
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