Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Tephrosia villosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tephrosia villosa is an annual to perennial, bushy herb, growing 30 - 130cm tall[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The plants is sometimes cultivated as a green manure in crop plantations[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Tephrosia villosa is a widespread species found in southern and eastern Africa, southern Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. The taxon is known to occur within the protected areas network and seeds have been collected and stored by the Millennium Seed Bank Project. It is not considered to be specifically threatened or in decline at present. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2012)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePossibly originally native to Africa and India, now naturalised in tropical and subtropical Asia.

HabitatOpen fields and floodplains, often on sandy soils[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. Acacia-Commiphora bushland and woodland, shrubland, disturbed ground and on shallow sandy soils; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].