Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Cracca tinctoria L., Galega tinctoria (L.) L.
Habit:
Undershrub
Habitat:
Found in partial shade in moist and dry deciduous forests.
Flowering
& Fruiting: October-January
Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka
Key
identification features: Orange Tephrosia is a perennial
undershrub, found growing among bushes in rocky place. The branches are
angular, with yellow-brown hairs. Alternate arranged leaves are compound,
ovate-lance-like or ovate-triangular. Orange flowers occur in racemes of few
flowers, in leaf axil or at the end of branches. Petals 5, free, standard petal
hairy without.
Uses:
Antimicrobial,
larvicidal, antidiabetic and antioxidant agents.
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