Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Tephrosia | Species: Tephrosia purpurea (Linn.) Persoon ( सर पंख, जंगली नील ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Crocca purpurea Linn., Galega purpurea Linn. | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Pal, Sar – punkha | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Wild Indigo, Purple Tephrosia, Fish poison | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sar – punkha, Jungali neel | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Pods slightly curved, glabrous, 3 – 4 cm long, 5 – 8 seeded. |
| Habitat | Common; the edges of scrub jungles, crop fields, water course | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Submontane Himalaya and adjacent planis; major parts of tropical regions. | Bark Details | Smooth, soft, herbaceous |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Gurgaon, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Glabrescent, erect undershrubs, to 1 m high. Leaf rachis 4 – 6 cm long; leaflets 7 – 17, oblanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, base cuneate, pubescent below; stipules narrowly triangular, to 4 mm long. Flowers bluisg – pink t purple, in axillary, leaf opposed many flowered racemes. Calyx pubescent; teeth longer than tube. Vexillum hairy outside. Pods slightly curved, glabrous, 5 – 8 seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaf rachis 4 – 6 cm long; leaflets 7 – 17, oblanceolate, 1.5 – 2.5 x 0.5 – 1 cm, obtuse, mucronate, base cuneate, pubescent below; stipules narrowly triangular. |
