Tephrosia candida (Indigo Blanc)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Bengali:

Bangara

Common Names in English:

Indigo Blanc, Terfr, White Hoary-Pea, White Hoarypea, White Tephrosia

Common Names in French:

Indigo Sauvage

Common Names in Hawaiian:

Kulthi, Lashita, Masethi

Common Names in Hindi:

Kulthi, Lashtia, Masethi, कुलथी, मासेथी, लाशिटया

Common Names in Sinhalese:

Boga-Medeloa

Description

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Genus Tephrosia

Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs . Leaf mostly imparipinnate , leaflets rarely 3-1, generally more; entire, exstipellate; stipules of various types. Inflorescence a terminal or leaf-opposed raceme or flowers in the axils of the upper leaves. Bract present, bracteoles absent. Calyx teeth or lobes subequal or the upper two united . Vexillum pilose externally. Wings slightly adherent to the keel. Stamens 10, monadelphous or diadelphous , then the vexillary stamen quite free , anthers uniform . Ovary sessile, generally many ovuled, style incurved , glabrous or pilose, stigma nude or penicillate . Fruit compressed , linear , 2-valved, continuous or obscurely septate between the seeds.

A genus with over 300 species distributed mainly in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Millettieae ()
        Genus: Tephrosia () - Persoon, 1807, nom. cons. - Hawthorn
        Specific epithet: candida - (Roxb.)DC.
        Botanical name: - Tephrosia candida (Roxb.)DC.

Synonyms

Cracca candida (Roxb.)kuntze • Kiesera candida< /i> (Dc.)reinw. • Kiesera sericea Blume • Robinia candida Roxb. • Robinia sericea C. Presl • Tephrosia candida< /i> (Roxb.) Dc. • Xiphocarpus candidus Endl. • Xiphocarpus martinicensis C. Presl

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Herb, Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial