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Taxon:  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.



Summary
Genus:
Tephrosia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Millettieae
Nomen number:
80167
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 2(2):329. 1807
Verified:
01/27/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
38 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. altissima Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. canescens (E. Mey.) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. dunensis Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. delagoensis (H. M. L. Forbes) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt var. pubescens Baker (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. purpurea (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. purpurea var. maritima Haines (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. var. purpurea (0 active accession[s])
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. var. sericea Benth. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Galega diffusa Roxb.
Galega piscatoria Aiton
Tephrosia diffusa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Tephrosia piscatoria (Aiton) Pers.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  2. Bentham, G. 1863-1878. Flora australiensis
  3. Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
  4. Bosman, M. T. M. & A. J. P. De Haas. 1983. A revision of the genus Tephrosia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 28:464. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
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  12. Green, J. W. 1985. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia
  13. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  14. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
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  25. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Common names
English
purple tephrosia –
wild indigo –
Portuguese (Brazil)
tefrósia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaDjibouti  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaYemenSocotra 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Yemen [Socotra]
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (n.)
  • WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai], Iran
  • CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Indonesia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion controlcover cropMaesen, L. J. G. van der. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. uses, common names
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weedpotential seed contaminantconsidered a serious weed in IndiaHolm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds


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