Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers.
Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers.
Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers.
Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers.
MS105 : Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Cracca senticosa L.;
Galega senticosa L.;
Tephrosia intermedia Wight & Arn.;
Tephrosia tinctoria var. intermedia (Wight & Arn.) Baker.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Five-Leaf Tephrosia |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Shrubby perennial, to about 1 m high; young stems densely appressed-pubescent; stipules deltoid, attenuate, pubescent to subglabrous, 4-5 mm long, 1 mm wide at the base; leaves imparipinnate, (3-5-)7-11-foliolate; leaflets essentially equal in size, 1-2.5 cm long, 5-12 mm wide, elliptic to oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or slightly emarginate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous, nitid above, sericeous beneath; inflorescences pseudo-racemose, axillary, or leaf-opposed, about as long as the leaves, with few flowers towards the apex of the peduncle; bracts deltoid, lanceolate, attenuate, pubescent; flowers about 8-10 mm long on short pedicels; calyx pubescent, 3.5-4 mm long with attenuate lobes; petals reddish-orange with vexillum sericeous on the outer face; style bearded; fruit linear-oblong, essentially straight, 4-6.5 cm long, 5-6 mm wide, sparsely pubescent with appressed or subappressed hairs, about 6-9-seeded. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| 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/263400
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Five-Leaf%20Tephrosia.html
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild_51680 |
| 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 senticosa (L.) Pers. |