Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Tephrosia villosa var. daviesii Brummitt

Tephrosia villosa subsp. ehrenbergiana (Schweinf.) Brummitt

Tephrosia villosa subsp. villosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kaadu thogari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nugu vempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuguvempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punaikkaivetlai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruvali biyani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarapunkha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tephrosia villosa	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vayakkavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cracca villosa L. Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753).
Galega villosa (L.) L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1172 (1759).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tephrosia villosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Tephrosia villosa (L.) Persoon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tephrosia villosa Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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