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Tephrosia lurida Sonder

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia lurida Sonder [Accepted]
    Tephrosia angustissima Engl. {Synonym}
    Tephrosia laxiflora R.E.Fries {Synonym}
    Tephrosia longipes var. lurida (Sonder)J.B.Gillett {Synonym}
    Tephrosia paucijuga sensu Cronq. {Misapplied Name}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Kenya (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]
    Swaziland (N) [441]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
    Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210], Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210]
    Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb, Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,440]

  
NOTES:
  T.laxiflora (syn.)may merit subspecific rank (FTEA, ref.210).
  Close to T.longipes (FTEA,r.210;Brummitt 1968);syn. of it (Schrire,pers.comm.)
  Nodulation data from Tephrosia longipes var. lurida (Sonder)J.B.Gillett [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

210.

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

440.

   Forbes,H.M.L., 1948
    Bothalia 4:953-1006. ...the South African spp. of Tephrosia
    Bothalia 4:953-1006. ...the South African spp. of Tephrosia

441.

   Brummitt,R.K., 1968
    Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,41:219-393. Tephrosia in the FZ area
    Bol.Soc.Brot.,2,41:219-393. Tephrosia in the FZ area

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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