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Appreciable variation is met with in the number of hairs on the stigma.
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Description
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Annual or short-lived perennial, erect up to 1 m tall, branches glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaf imparipinnate, 5-10 cm long, petiole c. 6-10 cm long; leaflets 9-21, c. 1.8-2.8 cm long, c. 6-10 mm wide, elliptic-oblong, obtuse or truncate, mucronate, glabrous above, appressed silky below; stipules narrowly triangular. Inflorescence a leaf-opposed raceme, some flowers in the upper leaf-axils also. Bract c. 4 mm long. Pedicel c. 4 mm long. Calyx pubescent, cup c. 1.5 mm long, teeth c. 2-3 mm long. Corolla reddish purple or bright pink. Vexillum c. 6-9 mm long, pubescent externally. Ovary pubescent, style flattened, glabrescent, stigma penicillate to almost glabrous. Fruit c. 4-6 cm long, c. 4-5 mm broad, pubescent, 6-9-seeded.
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Distribution
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Tropical Himalaya, India, Ceylon, S.E. Asia, Malaysia and introduced into Africa, Australia, America.
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Distribution
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Distribution: Southern Asia, Australia, Tropical Africa, southwards to Natal; introduced in Tropical America.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: October January.
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Comprehensive Description
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Cracca purpurea I,. Sp. PI. 752. 1753
Calega purpurea h. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1172. 1759. Tephrosia purpurea Pers. Syn. PI. 2: 329. 1807. Tephrosia ascendens Macfad. Fl. Jam. 257. 1837. Cracca vilksa purpurea Kuntze. Rev. Gen. 174. 1891.
A perennial herb; stems copiously branched and flexuose, 3-6 dm. high, sparingly and finely strigose or glabrate; leaves 2-10 cm. long; stipules linear-subulate, 3-5 mm. long; petiole 5-10 mm. long; leaflets 7-21. narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, glabrous or sparingly strigose above, somewhat silky-strigose beneath; racemes mostly opposite the leaves, lax, including the peduncle 1-15 cm. long; bracts subulate, small; calyx silkystrigulose, the tube about 2 mm. long, the lobes 2 mm. long, subulate; corolla 6-9 mm. long, red; banner orbicular-obovate, short-clawed; wings broadly obliquely oblanceolate; pod 3-4 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, minutely strigose, 3-6-seeded, somewhat arcuate upward; seeds oblongreniform, 3 mm. long.
Type locality: Ceylon.
Distribution: Jamaica and Hispaniola; Sinaloa to Guerrero; Panama; also in Colombia; naturalized from India.
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- Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Physical Description
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Perennial, Herbs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence leaf-opposed, Bracts conspicuously present, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals pinkish to rose, Petals red, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing pet als narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style sharply bent, Style hairy, Style hairy on one side only, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, Fruit exserted from calyx, Valves twisting or coiling after dehiscence, Fruit beaked, Fruit hairy, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black, Seed surface mottled or patchy.
Tephrosia purpurea: Brief Summary
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Tephrosia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that has a pantropical distribution. It is a common wasteland weed. In many parts it is under cultivation as green manure crop. It is found throughout India and Sri Lanka in poor soils.
Common names include:
Bengali: জংলী নীল (Jangli neel), বন নীল।
English: Fish poison, wild indigo
Hawaiian: ʻAuhuhu, Ahuhu, ʻAuhola, Hola
Hindi name: Sarphonk, Sharpunkha
Rajasthani: Masa
Tamil: Kolinchi (கொழிஞ்சி), Kollukkai Velai (கொள்ளுக்காய்_வேளை),kaaivelai(காய்வேளை )
Telugu: Vempali (వెంపలి), Pampara chettu Malayalam: Kozhinjil (കൊഴിഞ്ഞിൽ) Kannada: Kaggi Duk: Jangli-kulthi
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