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MS105 : Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Tephrosia Pers. - hoarypea
Species : Tephrosia senticosa (L.) Pers.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Fabaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Five-Leaf Tephrosia
 
Synonym : Cracca senticosa L.
Galega senticosa L.
Tephrosia intermedia Wight & Arn.
Tephrosia tinctoria var. intermedia (Wight & Arn.) Baker.
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.
 
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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 :