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Tephrosia purpurea - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Tephrosia purpurea - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Tephrosia purpurea - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Tephrosia purpurea - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Tephrosia purpurea - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 990
Date of entry: 17.12.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

Mandarin: 灰毛豆 (hui mao dou)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2654)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Tephrosia (2)

            Epithet: purpurea (L.) Pers. (7)

purpurea => purple

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb, shrub

Flower colour: violet

External links

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