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Tephrosia tinctoria Pers.

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GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia tinctoria Pers. [Preferred name]
    Cracca tinctoria L. {Synonym}
    Galega heyneana Roxb. {Synonym}
    Galega tinctoria (L.)L. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia heyneana (Roxb.)Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia hypargyrea DC. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia nervosa Pers. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia pulcherrima (Baker)Gamble {Synonym}
    Tephrosia tinctoria var. pulcherrima Baker {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Alu-pila [1957]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [1914, 1915, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3094, 3100, 3113, 3375, 3376, 3587]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Bihar [3587]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Orissa [3376]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Sri Lanka (N) [1915, 1957]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (U) [3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1915, 1919, 1957, 3009, 3017, 3026, 3057, 3386] ; Illustration [3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [1915], Shrub [3057] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1915]; Domestic [1915]; Medicine [3034]; Miscellaneous [1957, 3019]; Weed [1919]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1957.

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

3009.

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

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
    The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3026.

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

3027.

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

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3094.

  Rao, R.S., 1985
    Flora of Goa, Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagarhaveli Vol 1

3100.

  Kulkarni, B.G., 1988
    Flora of Sindhudurg

3113.

  Ramachandran, V.S. & Nair, V.J., 1988
    Flora of Cannanore

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3376.

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

3386.

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

3402.

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

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.
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