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Tephrosia cinerea

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Persoon

Common Names

• Anil Cenizo
• Anil-bravo
• Brusca Cimarrona
• Herbe a Enivrer
• Mort aux Poissons
• Slender Goat's Rue

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bahamas
• Brazil
• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Curacao
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Tobago
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• waterside
• montane areas

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Sometimes twining or decumbent woody perennial herb or shrub clothed with grey silky down. Leaves 100mm long, 9-17 leaflets, mucronate pubescent strigose leaflets 50mm x 8mm. Leaf-opposed or terminal racemes or fascicles with bractlets, of red or purple flowers, strigose calyx with tube 2mm long & lobes 3mm or more long, purplish corolla 15mm long, banner strigose without. Strigose pubescent legume 50mm x 5mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Botanicus
• NAF
• JAA
• ILDIS
• FOPE
• SAFIO