Tephrosia

Tephrosia pumila (Lam.) Pers.

First published in Syn. Pl. 2: 330 (1807)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is an annual, perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Distribution
Widespread in tropical Africa, south to Transvaal, also in Madagascar, Mauritius, S Asia, Central America and West Indies.
Morphology General Habit
Annual or short-lived perennial with procumbent or straggling branches
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-rhachis up to 4 cm long including a petiole of 3–10 mm
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 7–13, cuneate-oblong or oblanceolate, up to 20 x 8 mm, glabrous or pubescent above, pilose beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, pale pink or purplish in short pseudoracemes and upper leaf-axils
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pilose, 4–5 mm long with triangular-acuminate lobes, 2.5–3.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pubescent, 6–10 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
Style glabrous, 2–3 mm long, twisted, curved, penicillate at the tip
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod upcurved towards the tip, 3–4 x 0.4 cm, short pubescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 8–14, c. 3 x 2 mm.
[FSOM]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/179793/1590206

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland, Zambezian anthropic landscapes., Sudanian grasslands, Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket, Somalia-Masai grasslands, Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Lake Victoria regional
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Indigo Sauvage
[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]

Uses

Use
Environmental, Forage, 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • 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