Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sarapunkha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tephrosia procumbens (Buch.-Ham.) Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Gen. Index 1-25: 101 (1867), nom. illeg.
Tephrosia purpurea var. pumila (Lam.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 113 (1876).
Cracca dichotoma (Desv.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 175 (1891).
Galega procumbens Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 547 (1822).
Galega pumila Lam. Encycl. 2: 599 (1788).
Tephrosia aldabrensis J.R.Drumm. & Hemsl. J. Bot. 54(Suppl. 2): 11 (1916).
Tephrosia commersonii Scott Elliot J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 13 (1891).
Tephrosia dichotoma Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 415 (1826).
Tephrosia pumila subsp. aldabrensis (J.R.Drumm. & Hemsl.) Bosman & A.J.P.de Haas Blumea 28: 463 (1983).
Tephrosia pumila var. aldabrensis (J.R.Drumm. & Hemsl.) Brummitt Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 260 (1968).
Tephrosia pumila var. ciliata (Craib) Brummitt Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 261 (1968).
Tephrosia purpurea var. angustata Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 297 (1855).
Tephrosia purpurea var. ciliata Craib Fl. Siam. 1: 384 (1928).
Tephrosia quartiniana var. inflexa (Chiov.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXVI (1969).
Tephrosia vicioides var. inflexa Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 422 (1908).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tephrosia procumbens Buch.-Ham.) Gamble	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tephrosia pumila	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tephrosia pumila (Lam.) Pers.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tephrosia pumila (Lmk) Pers.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. var. pumila (Lam.) Baker	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tephyosia pumila	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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