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Botanical Name: Tephrosia purperea
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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: उन्हाळी
Etymology - Genus: Ash coloured, referring to grey down on leaves
Etymology - Species: Purple colour
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Native
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Description: Annual herb that grows along the ground.Compound Imparipinnate leaf with filiform stipule. Hairy rachis with groove.Elliptic leaflets, pubescent.Pink flowers are born in a terminal raceme.Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.Flat, small, sword like pod with 6-7 seeds.
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Root type: Adventitious
Stem Appearance: Herb
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Hairy, grooved
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Annual herb that grows along the ground.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Filiform
Leaf Type: Unipinnate-Imparipinnate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Compound Imparipinnate leaf with filiform stipule. Hairy rachis with groove.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Acute
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Rounded
Lamina Texture: Pubescent
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Elliptic leaflets, pubescent.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Pink flowers are born in a terminal raceme.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
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Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description:
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
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Corolla Arrangement: Papilionaceous
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Diadelphous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels: Monocarpellary
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Diadelphous stamen - 9 stamens together in a bundle and one stamen free.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Flat, small, sword like pod with 6-7 seeds.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
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