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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 228354

Tephrosia purpurea

Family: Fabaceae • Common: Common Tephrosia; Fish Poison; Purple Tephrosia; Wild Indigo
139 Compounds Chad; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Gulf States; India; Iran; Oman; Pakistan; Palestine; Saudi Arabia; Socotra; Somalia; Sudan; Yemen

Overview

Species Tephrosia purpurea
Habit Perennial herb; Undershrub
Habitat Dry habitats. The plants perennate through the root-stock and buds on dry branches; Moist deciduous forests and grasslands; Tropical moist deciduous forests and grasslands; also in the plains and waste places
Distribution (India)
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