Tephrosia

Plant Characteristics
Poisonous:	☠	Some species

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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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 The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.