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Details for: Tephrosia purpurea
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.
Nomencl. ref.: Syn. Pl. 2: 329. 1807
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Rosanae
                         Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
                              Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
                                   Tribus - Millettieae
                                        Genus - Tephrosia Pers.
                                            
Geo-Search:
Basionym: Cracca purpurea L.
Homotypic synonyms: Cracca purpurea L.
Synonyms: Glycyrrhiza mairei H. Lev.
Tephrosia colonila (Ham.) Benth.
Tephrosia diffusa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Tephrosia ionophlebia Hayata
Tephrosia lanceifolia Link
Tephrosia piscatoria (Aiton) Pers.
Tephrosia purpurea var. diffusa (Roxb.) Aitch.
Included taxa: Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt
 
Comments: Indigenous to the Mascarenes and Madagascar., Native to Tropical Asia and Australia.
Common names: Akatafotsy (), Brusca Cimarrona (), Faux Indigo (French), Hora (), Indigo (German), Indigo Rouge (French), Indigo Sauvage (French), Tephrosia (), Tsarinetsy (), Tuva, Russiakei ()[Credits]
Conservation Status: Not Threatened
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Ag
Use: Chemical products, Environmental, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Toxins, Weed