| Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers., it is an annual or short-lived perennial, erect up to 1 m tall, branches glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaf imparipinnate, 5-10 cm long, petiole c. 6-10 cm long. Leaflets 9-21, c. 1.8-2.8 cm long, c. 6-10 mm wide, elliptic-oblong, obtuse or truncate, mucronate, glabrous above, appressed silky below, stipules narrowly triangular. Inflorescence a leaf-opposed raceme, some flowers in the upper leaf-axils also. Bract c. 4 mm long. Pedicel c. 4 mm long. Calyx pubescent, cup c. 1.5 mm long, teeth c. 2-3 mm long. Corolla reddish purple or bright pink, vexillum c. 6-9 mm long, pubescent externally. Ovary pubescent, style flattened, glabrescent, stigma penicillate to almost glabrous. Pods c. 4-6 cm long, c. 4-5 mm broad, pubescent, 6-9-seeded. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:————–, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: Tro. Tro., Notes: Introduced in Libya??????, weed, medicinal plant
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520851-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520851-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000203860, https://www.gbif.org/species/5342239, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147969/tephrosia-purpurea-l-pers, https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Tephrosia%20purpurea, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/tephrosia-purpurea |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Zliten-Misurata Plain |
| Misurata 2015 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Aljarroushi, M.M. & Almedham, K.E. (2015) Natural plant cover composition in Misurata area, Libya. Assiut Journal for Environmental Studies-42nd issue-July 2015. (In Arabic) |
