Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Tephrosia purpurea at Vaghbil & Saphale Ghat

[Dinesh Valke]

Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.

• tef-ROH-see-uh -- ash coloured, referring to grey down on leaves
  pur-PUR-ee-uh -- purple

Sep 21, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: common tephrosia, fish poison, wild indigo • Bengali: বননীলগাছ bannilgach • Gujarathi: ઘોડાકાન ghodakan • Hindi: बन नील ban-nil, सरफोंक sarphonk, शरपुंखा sharpunkha • Kannada: empali, koggili, phanike • Malayalam: kozhinjil • Marathi: शरपुंखा sharpankha, उन्हाळी unhali • Oriya: ଶରପୁଙ୍ଖା soropunkha • Punjabi: bansa-bansu • Rajasthani: biyani • Sanskrit: शरपुंखा sarapunkha • Tamil: காவாளி kavali, கொள்ளுக்காய்வேளை kolluk-kay-velai • Telugu: వెంపలి vempali

Native of: tropical and s Africa, w Asia, s China, Indian subcontinent, Malesia, n Australia


some views:

• Oct 19, 2008 ... at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Sep 28, 2009 ... at Saphale Ghat, Maharashtra
  

Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are unable to view them among contents above.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Pankaj Oudhia]

Thanks for sharing. Adding my pictures

regards

Pankaj Oudhia