Tephrosia noctiflora Bojer ex Baker

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 112 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Somalia to S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, SW. India. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Cultivated, Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland., Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket., Zambezian bushland and thicket, Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Distribution
Widespread in tropical Africa, but otherwise not in NE tropical Africa
Morphology General Habit
Softly woody annual or perennial to 1.5 m tall; stems appressed pubescent
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 11 cm long, including a petiole of up to 17 mm
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets (5–)11–25, cuneate-oblong, up to 40 x 12 mm, glabrous to rarely finely pubescent above, strigose beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers purple in terminal pseudoracemes, sometimes also in upper leaf axils
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx densely ± brownish pubescent, c. 4 mm long, with upper teeth 1.5 mm long, lateral teeth 2–3 mm, and lowest ± 6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard brownish silky outside, 8–12 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style glabrous, 0.6 mm wide, 4–5 mm long, twisted, linear, penicillate at the tip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod upcurved near the tip, c. 4.5–5.5 x 0.55 cm, densely pubescent, often with darker hairs along margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 7–9, c. 4 x 2.5 mm, with a small aril.
[FSOM]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A rather spreading undersbrub 2–3 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellow-green to white with a purple centre.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use
Environmental, Toxins, Weed
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0