Vempali / Indigo Sauvage
Tephrosia pumila
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- July-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tephrosia pumila
- Genus
- Tephrosia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Roadsides, scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- 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 Vempali itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vempali itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Sanskrit
- Sarapunkha
- Telugu
- Vempali
About Vempali
Indigo Sauvage (Tephrosia pumila) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 8 other states. It grows in roadsides, scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Vempali belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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