As recorded for Lashtia
Tephrosia candida
Lashtia / White Hoary Pea लशतिया
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-March
Lashtia in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | लशतिया | Lashtia, Ban tor |
| Nepali | काँडे साखिनु | Kaande Saakhinu |
| Bengali | বাঙ্গারা · মেডলা | Bangara |
| Kannada | Not recorded | Kaashi agasthe, Koggi gida, Kolinji |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- लशतिया Lashtia, Ban tor
- Nepali
- काँडे साखिनु Kaande Saakhinu
- Bengali
- Bangara, বাঙ্গারা, মেডলা
- Kannada
- Kaashi agasthe, Koggi gida, Kolinji
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Indian Subcontinent.
- Recorded habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also degraded forests areas
- Explore nearby plants
- Assam →West Bengal →Uttarakhand →
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How to identify Lashtia
Identify Lashtia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Assam, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tephrosia candida
- Genus
- Tephrosia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also degraded forests areas
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropics of the World
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lashtia itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Tephrosia candida, the white hoarypea, is a perennial shrub, native to India, in the legume family.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lashtia itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Lashtia
White Hoary Pea (Tephrosia candida) is a low shrub in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Assam, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and 5 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests, also degraded forests areas. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Lashtia belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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