Tephrosia senna Kunth
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Erect subshrub to 2 m tall; young foliage densely pubescent. Leaflets 5-9, opposite, 2-4 x 0.6-1.6 cm, oblong to obovate, chartaceous, silvery pubescent on lower surface, the veins ascending, the apex mucronulate, notched, the base obtuse, the margins ciliate; petiolules ca. 1 mm long; stipules awl-shaped, to 7 mm long. Racemes terminal or opposite to leaves, few-flowered, to 12 cm long. Calyx bell-shaped, ca. 4 mm long; corolla purple or reddish purple, the standard to 6 mm long, oval. Legume 3- 5 cm long, linear, slightly flattened. Seeds few, 3 mm long, bean-shaped.
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Discussion
Galega cathartica Sesse & M o c , Fl. Mexic, ed. 2, 175. 1894. Tephrosia cathartica (Sesse & Moc.) Urb., Symb. Ant. 4: 283. 1905
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Distribution
An occasional weed of the sandy coast. Cinnamon Bay (W635B). Also on Tortola and Virgin Gorda; throughout the West Indies and northern South America.
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