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Tephrosia lupinifolia

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Chad
• Congo
• Guinea Bissau
• Malawi
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Twining prostrate or climbing perennial herb. Pubescent branches. Imparipinnate leaves of 3-7 leaflets, mucronate coriaceous leaflets to 50mm x 12mm, glabrous above & downy beneath. Terminal & leaf-opposed racemes to 300mm long with minute bracts, toothed calyx 3mm long, reddish corolla to 6mm long. Downy pods to 32mm x 4mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOTA