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'''''Tephrosia''''' is a genus of [[legume]] in the [[Fabaceae]] family. Many species in the ''Tephrosia'' genus are poisonous. {{Inc| Tephrosia (Greek, tephros, ash-colored, hoary; referring to the foliage). Leguminosae. Hardy or half-hardy perennial herbs, subshrubs, or rarely shrubs, of little horticultural value. Leaves uneven-pinnate; lfts. numerous, rarely 1-3, linear; stipules bristle-like or broader and striate: racemes terminal, opposite the lvs. or in the upper axils: fls. in fascicles of 2-6, red, purple, or white; calyx-lobes subequal or the 2 upper longer; petals clawed, standard suborbiculate, outside more or less silky-villous; wings obliquely obovate or oblong; keel incurved, obtuse or rather acute; ovary sessile, many-ovuled: pod linear, rarely ovate, compressed 2-valved. —About 170 species, natives of the warmer regions of the world. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}} ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ==Species== The genus contains the following species: * ''[[Tephrosia astragaloides]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia candida]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia cinerea]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia coronillaefolia]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia densiflora]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia frutescens]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia grandiflora]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia macropoda]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia nitens]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia odorata]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia pondoensis]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia purpurea]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia rosea]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia sinapou]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia socotrana]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia tomentosa]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia toxicofera]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia virginiana]]'' * ''[[Tephrosia vogelii]]'' ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 File:Tephrosia villosa (Kesal Unhali) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0389.jpg|''[[Tephrosia villosa]]'' in [[Hyderabad, India]]. File:Tephrosia villosa (Kesal Unhali) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0388.jpg|''[[Tephrosia villosa]]'' in [[Hyderabad, India]]. File:Tephrosia villosa (Kesal Unhali) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0386.jpg|''[[Tephrosia villosa]]'' in [[Hyderabad, India]]. File:Tephrosia villosa (Kesal Unhali) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0385.jpg|''[[Tephrosia villosa]]'' in [[Hyderabad, India]]. </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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