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'''''Tephrosia''''' is a genus of [[legume]] in the [[Fabaceae]] family. Many species in the ''Tephrosia'' genus are poisonous.
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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.
 
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.
  
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The genus contains the following species:
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* ''[[Tephrosia astragaloides]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia candida]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia cinerea]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia coronillaefolia]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia densiflora]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia frutescens]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia grandiflora]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia macropoda]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia nitens]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia odorata]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia pondoensis]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia purpurea]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia rosea]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia sinapou]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia socotrana]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia tomentosa]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia toxicofera]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia virginiana]]''
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* ''[[Tephrosia vogelii]]''
  
 
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File:Tephrosia villosa (Kesal Unhali) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0385.jpg|''[[Tephrosia villosa]]'' in [[Hyderabad, India]].
 
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 20 April 2010


Tephrosia purpurea var. purpurea


Plant Characteristics
Poisonous: ☠ Some species
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Tephrosia >


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Tephrosia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. Many species in the Tephrosia genus are poisonous.


Read about Tephrosia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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. CH


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