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Tephrosia vogelii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
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| Synonyms: |
Tephrosia megalantha T. Durand & De Wild. Tephrosia periculosa Baker |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Probably introduced |
| Description: |
Shrub, 1-3 m tall. Stems and branches covered in brown spreading heairs. Leaves imparipinnate with 6-15 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; rhachis and petiole covered in dense spreading golden brown hairs; leaflets elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, up to 6 cm long, thinly appressed hairy above, more densely so below; apex slightly mucronate. Flowers in dense terminal heads, large, white; calyx densely brown or greyish hairy. Pods up to 15 cm long, densely covered in pale brown hairs. |
| Notes: | Note: often cultivated for use as a fish poison. |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in disturbed and cultivated areas, |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa but probably not native in the Flora Zambesiaca region. Also in Comoros, Assam-India and Indonesia. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 2 August 2009 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Tephrosia vogeliiAfrican Plant Database: Tephrosia vogelii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Tephrosia vogelii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tephrosia vogelii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tephrosia vogelii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tephrosia vogelii
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tephrosia vogelii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tephrosia vogelii
JSTOR Plant Science: Tephrosia vogelii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tephrosia vogelii
Tropicos: Tephrosia vogelii
West African Plants database: Tephrosia vogelii
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