Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 11

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. altissima Brummitt

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. apollinea (Delile) Hosni & El-Karemy

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. barbigera Bosman & A.J.P.de Haas

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. canescens (E.Mey.) Brummitt

Tephrosia purpurea var. delagoensis (H.M.L.Forbes) Brummitt

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. dunensis Brummitt

Tephrosia purpurea var. glabra Hosok.

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. purpurea

Tephrosia purpurea var. sericea Benth.

Tephrosia purpurea var. yunnanensis Z.Wei

Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi hurali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi neeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ash vetch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bairi	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
ban-nil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banapunkha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
banapunkhah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bannil	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
bastard indigo	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bisoni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biyani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonta vemapli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonta vempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bontavempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boyonia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caat kolingie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimmantukacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimmantukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
colinil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhamasia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
empali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
fish poison	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fishpoison	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
honnaavarike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hui mao dou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
huī yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ishupunkhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli nil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jilamila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaggi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalashaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallu-k-kay-velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandapunkha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karusembai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kat-kolingi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathurupila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kattamari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-kolingi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kattukkolincai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kazhinnila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kazlunnilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koggali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kogge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koggi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koggili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolilmil	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kolingi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kolingili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolingl	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
koliniji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolinji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolinnil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollilaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolluk-kay-velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolluk-kay-welai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollukai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollukkai velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollukkay velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollukkayvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kolunchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolunci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koluva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koolingie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korinil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotikkolinnil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kozhinnil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kozhinnila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kozhungi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kriti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpuranacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpuranam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marali gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mbaazi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
me-yaing	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mollukkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
muka velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukoro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nallicacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallicam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neelabralakrati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilavriksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilavrksakrti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
okanjegekomukolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pamparachettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phanike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phankee gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
plihari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plihasatru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plihashatru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poonkhie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puleehashtree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puprle flowered tephrosia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
purple tephrosia	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
qiàng lié	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
sakhal	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
saphanko	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sar punkha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarabhuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarad foka	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
sarapunkha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarapunkhah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarboka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpanka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpankha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphankha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphanko	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphenka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphokaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sarphomka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphonka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphooka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarphukaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sarpokha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarponkhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sarpphnka	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
sarpunk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarpunka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sayakapunkha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sharapuchchha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sharapunkha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sharapunkhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shān qīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sirapakha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sufaid dhaana	Other	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
sufaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tefrósia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tella vempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellavempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellavempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilapavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udhadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unhaali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unhal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unhali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
untoali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajaranili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajra neeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajra neeligida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajradanili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajradanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaympalie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vempali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
vishikha-punkhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wild indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yě lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
කතුරුපිළ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පිළ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
山青	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
灰叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
灰叶根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野蓝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Branches		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Barks, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root, seeds, ash		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
root, aerial parts, leaves, seed, stem, flower	dried herb, seed oil, seed extract, juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root, whole plant	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Leaf, Root, Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cracca purpurea L. Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753).
Galega purpurea (L.) L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1172 (1759).
Tephrosia purpurea var. genuina R.Vig. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 62 (1950), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cracca purpurea L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Galega purpurea (L.) L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tephrosia purperea	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Tephrosia purpurea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. subsp. purpurea	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tephrosia purpurea (L.)Pers.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Tephrosia purpurea L.	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Tephrosia purpurea Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tephyosia purpurea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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