Genus:
Tephrosia
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Over 400 species, native to warm regions, with 67 species
native to southern
Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Tephrosia acaciifolia
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Tephrosia aequilata
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Tephrosia albissima |
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Tephrosia bachmannii |
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Tephrosia brummittii |
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Tephrosia burchellii |
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Tephrosia caerulea |
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Tephrosia candida Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia capensis |
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Tephrosia cephalantha |
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Tephrosia chimanimaniana Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia cordata |
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Tephrosia coronilloides Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia dasyphylla Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia decora Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Tephrosia dregeana |
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Tephrosia elata Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia elegans |
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Tephrosia elongata |
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Tephrosia euchroa |
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Tephrosia euprepes |
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Tephrosia festina
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia forbesii |
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Tephrosia glomeruliflora
[=
Tephrosia meisneri] |
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Tephrosia gobensis |
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Tephrosia gracilenta |
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Tephrosia grandibracteata Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia grandiflora |
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Tephrosia griseola |
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Tephrosia inandensis |
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Tephrosia kraussiana |
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Tephrosia lepida Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia limpopoensis |
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Tephrosia linearis |
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Tephrosia longipes
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia lupinifolia
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Tephrosia macropoda |
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Tephrosia marginella |
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Tephrosia micrantha Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia monophylla |
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Tephrosia montana Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Tephrosia multijuga |
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Tephrosia natalensis |
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Tephrosia noctiflora |
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Tephrosia oxygona |
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Tephrosia pallida |
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Tephrosia paniculata Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia pietersii |
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Tephrosia polystachya |
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Tephrosia pondoensis |
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Tephrosia praecana Recorded from Zimbabwe and
Mozambique. |
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Tephrosia pumila |
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Tephrosia purpurea
Tephrosia purpurea subsp.
leptostachya and Tephrosia purpurea subsp.
canescens are native to southern Africa.
Tephrosia purpurea subsp. purpurea has been
introduced to the region and has become naturalised. |
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Tephrosia radicans |
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Tephrosia reptans |
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Tephrosia retusa |
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Tephrosia rhodesica
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Tephrosia rupicola See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is
split into two subspecies -
T. r. dreweana and
T. r. rupicola. |
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Tephrosia semiglabra |
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Tephrosia shiluwanensis |
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Tephrosia stormsii [=
Tephrosia parvifolia] Recorded from
Zimbabwe. |
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Tephrosia subulata |
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Tephrosia uniflora |
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Tephrosia villosa |
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Tephrosia virgata |
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Tephrosia vogelii |
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Tephrosia zoutpansbergensis |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Tephrosia candida (Boga medalo)
Native to tropical regions. |
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Publications
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