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Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f. [Preferred name]
    Cracca vogelii (Hook.f.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Fish-Poison Bean [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [210]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Gabon (N) [8]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (U) [210]; Liberia (N) [212]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mali (N) [561]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [210]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [8]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (U) [210]; Uganda (U) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
China (I) [2884]; Guangdong [2884]; India (I) [1914, 3027]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Indonesia (I) [1974]; Jawa (N) [1974]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [1974]; Malaysia (I) [1974]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [1974]; Philippines (I) [1974]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]; Sulawesi (N) [1974]; Sumatera (N) [1974]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261, 1974]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [1056]
  Central America
Honduras (I) [1725]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]
  South America
Peru (I) [2090]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];
    Sudanian anthropic landscapes [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian anthropic landscapes. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 236, 261, 1915, 1957, 1974, 2884, 3402] ; Illustration [236, 261, 1974, 2884]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1974] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [1974] [3402], Tree [1974] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1974] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS

  
USES:
  Chemical products [261]; Environmental [1915, 1957, 1974, 3030, 3402]; Medicine [14, 1974, 3030]; Miscellaneous [1957]; Toxins [14, 121, 210, 236, 1957, 1974, 3030, 3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

24.

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

121.

  Watt, J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M, 1962
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa

210.

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

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

224.

  D'Orey, J. & Liberato, Maria C., 1971
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Papilionoideae

236.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

561.

  Boudet, G. & Lebrun, J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1725.

  Wood, C.E.Jr., 1949
    Rhodora 51:193-231, 233-302, 305-364, 369-384...Tephrosia...

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1914.

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

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1957.

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

1974.

  Bosman, M.T.M. & de Haas, A.J.P., 1983
    Blumea 28(2): 421-487. A revision of the genus Tephrosia

1982.

  Du Puy, D.J., 1993
    Legumes of Madagascar. Typescripte.

2090.

  Zarucchi, J.L., 1993
    Monogr.Syst.Bot.Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:44-527.Cata.Fl.Pl.Gym

2884.

  Wei, Z., 1994
    Antheroporum &... In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 40 (Leguminosae 2)

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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