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Tephrosia spinosa

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
India, Sri Lanka, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Is.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Tephrosia spinosa is a flowering plant species in the genus Tephrosia native from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Eupalitin 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside, a glycoside of the flavonol eupalitin, can be isolated from T. spinosa. Tephrospinosin (3′,5′-diisopentenyl-2′,4′-dihydroxychalcone), a prenylated chalcone, can be isolated from the root.

Other Tephrosia plants

Tephrosia arenicola · White hoarypea · Scurf hoarypea · Tephrosia clementii · Tephrosia elongata · Florida hoarypea · Pink Tephrosia · Sprawling hoarypea · Sandhill Tippetoes · Tephrosia odorata · Multibloom hoarypea · Pondo Poison Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tephrosia spinosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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