Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers.
Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers.
Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers.
MH414 : Tephrosia villosa Sensu auct.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Tephrosia luzoniensis Vogel;
Tephrosia incana, Tephrosia hirta;
Cracca villosa L.;
Tephrosia villosa var incana (Roxb.) Baker |
| Plant Common Name | : | Hoary Tephrosia |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Much branched annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; branchlets densely pubescent with white appressed-hairs. Leaves imparipinnate, to 6 cm long; leaflets 9-15, 1-2 x 0.5-1 cm, obovate or oblanceolate, base acute to cuneate, apex obtuse or retuse, glabrous above and sericeous below; stipules 3-6 mm long, subulate. Inflorescence pseudoracemose, terminal or leaf-opposed, to 7 cm long. Flowers 8-10 mm long, subsessile; bracts linear-deltoid. Calyx c. 5 mm long; lobes filiform, ciliate. Petals pink or white; standard 8-10 mm long, orbicular; wings to 1 cm long, oblong-obovate; keels c. 8 mm long, beaked. Pods 2.5-3.5 x 0.4-0.5 cm, oblong-falcate, densely villous, 5-8-seeded. Seeds c. 3 x 2 mm, reniform, dark brown. Perennial Herbs; branches white appressedly hairy. Flowers bright purple in fascicled racemes. Seed rectangular. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Road to Ghatang |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The juice of the leaves is given in dropsy. The leaf juice is used to treat dropsy and diabetes. The roots and leaves contain rotenoids. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226324
- http://www.efloraofgandhinagar.in/herb/tephrosia_villosa
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Tephrosia+villosa |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Tephrosia Pers. - hoarypea |
| Species | : Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers. |