Lashtia / White Hoary Pea
Tephrosia candida
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-March
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
- Arrangement
- Alternate
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
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lashtia itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- लशतिया Lashtia, Ban tor
- Nepali
- काँडे साखिनु Kaande Saakhinu
- Bengali
- Bangara, বাঙ্গারা, মেডলা
- Kannada
- Kaashi agasthe, Koggi gida, Kolinji
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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