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Tephrosia reptans Baker

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Tephrosia Pers.

Tephrosia reptans Baker [Accepted]
    Tephrosia granitica Viguier {Synonym}
    Tephrosia iringae sensu Cronq.,p.p. {Misapplied Name}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Burundi (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Kenya (N) [210]
    Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]
    South Africa (N) [442]; Tanzania (N) [210]
    Uganda (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  3 varieties;hybrids with T.longipes recorded. (Brummitt 1968,ref.441)


DATA SOURCES:

24.

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

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

442.

   Schrire,B.D., 1987
    Bothalia 17:7-15. Tephrosia subg.Barbistyla in southern Afr.
    Bothalia 17:7-15. Tephrosia subg.Barbistyla in southern Afr.

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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