Tephrosia maxima

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Tephrosia maxima (L.) Pers. (Syn: Cracca maxima L.; Galega maxima (L.) L.; Tephrosia purpurea var. maxima (L.) Baker);

Africa: Tanzania (N); Asia: India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Karnataka ; Kerala; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra; Orissa ; Pondicherry ; Tamil Nadu ; Sri Lanka (N) as per ILDIS;

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Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: RVS19: Tephrosia maxima: Tephrosia maxima from Tuticorin, TN.

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[EfloraIndia_171211PD02_Tephrosia maxima_Flora of Odisha]: please find the images of Tephrosia maxima taken from Ranpur

Name of the species: Tephrosia maxima

Family: Fabaceae

Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Odisha

Altitude: 50 m above msl

habit: Erect ascending undershrub

Habitat: wild, roadside

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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Tephrosia herb for ID :: MK-OCT-04 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

Please help me to identify this Tephrosia species of Fabaceae. The habitat is an agricultural (dry) land. The plant is quite scandent.

Height: c.25 cm

Date: 16 March 2015

Location: Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli dist., TN

Alt.: 30 m asl

Tephrosia species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)

Tephrosia maxima

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-4954?ref=tpl1

http://www.legumes-online.net/ildis/aweb/td016/td_03307.htm

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