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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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+ | * ''[[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== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1 | 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]]. | ||
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If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
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
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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. 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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Pests and diseases
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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
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Tephrosia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Tephrosia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)