Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

????? Tephrosia pumila (Lmk.) Pers. LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE (FABACEAE) 3, 4

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Descriptions :
HerbCreeping herb; stem with erect, white hairs; leaves alternate, odd-pinnately compound with 7-11 leaflets; leaflets obovate, apex mucronate; lower leaflet surface with appressed white hairs; upper surface with white hairs; stipules triangular or narrowly triangular, apex acute; stipels lacking; inflorescence terminal; flower: calyx hairy outside, with 5 acute lobes; corolla with 5 petals; banner with slight apical notch and 2 slight thickenings on claw; banner light pink, with hairs on outside; wings 2, auriculate, pink; keels 2, pink; androecium diadelphous (9 + 1 vexillar stamen); anthers green; ovary flattened, with appressed hairs; style glabrous; stigma small, terminal, surrounded by hairs; fruit a pod, slightly curved, to a length >3 cm; outside with white hairs and clusters of fine, black hairs (or fungus?); seeds several, truncute at either end.