Tephrosia purpurea(TEPPU)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: TEPPU
- Preferred name: Tephrosia purpurea
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Persoon
Southern Mediterranean, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Africa (throughout), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland). Introduced in Mexico, Caribbean, South America (northwest, Bolivia, eastern Brazil)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Tephrosia hamiltonii | Gamble |
| Tephrosia leptostachya | de Candolle |
| Tephrosia piscatoria | Aiton |
| Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya | (de Candolle) Brummit |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| fish poison | English |
| purple tephrosia | English (US) |
| wild indigo | English |
| indigo sauvage | French |
| tephrosie pourpre | French |
| chilapate | Spanish (MX) |
| matapez | Spanish (MX) |
| capária | Portuguese |
| galega-da-Índia | Portuguese |
| ban-nil-gachh | Bengali |
| huī máo dòu | Chinese |
| 灰毛豆 | Chinese |
| dhamasia | Hindi |
| sarphonk | Hindi |
| sharpunkha | Hindi |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Papilionoideae (
1FABS )
Genus
Tephrosia (
1TEPG )
Species
Tephrosia purpurea (
TEPPU )