Common name
English: Vogel's tephrosia
Mandarin: 西非灰毛豆 (xi fei hui mao dou)
Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f.
Common name
English: Vogel's tephrosia
Mandarin: 西非灰毛豆 (xi fei hui mao dou)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2505)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2404)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2036)
Order: Fabales (229)
Family: Fabaceae (229) (family description)
Genus: Tephrosia (2)
Epithet: vogelii Hook.f. (1)
vogelii => in honor of Dr. Theodore Vogel, botanist to the voyage of the expedition sent by Her Britannic Majesty to the river Niger in 1841
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
External links
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