As recorded for Common Tephrosia
Tephrosia hamiltonii
Common Tephrosia
Also known as Wild Indigo
- Habit
- Undershrub
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, Laccadive Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Tephrosia purpurea subsp. purpurea. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: W. Trop. Africa to Arabian Pen. and Angola, Comoros, Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific.
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How to identify Common Tephrosia
Identify Common Tephrosia 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 it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Common Tephrosia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tephrosia hamiltonii
- Genus
- Tephrosia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- 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 Common Tephrosia itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Tephrosia itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Common Tephrosia
Common Tephrosia (Tephrosia hamiltonii) is a low shrub in the Fabaceae family.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Common Tephrosia belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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