Galactia longifolia (Jacq.) Benth., Comm. Legum. Gen.: 63 (1837) (syn: Clitoria micrantha Scop. ; Galega longifolia Jacq.; Galactia longifolia var. mollicoma Urb. ; Galactia sagotii Duch. & Walp. ; Galactia tenuiflora f. angustifoliolata Benth. ; Galactia tenuiflora var. lucida Baker; Sweetia longifolia (Jacq.) DC.; Tephrosia longifolia (Jacq.) Pers.); . Caribbean to French Guiana, Bolivia to N. Argentina: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Windward Is.; Introduced into: India, New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland, Texas as per POWO; .
Andhra Pradesh Flora; Yerramalais, Nellore district, Papilionaceae, Tephrosia sp. Identification request : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors. Let me know the identity of this species. Tephrosia sp. Date- December2008 Location- Yerramalais, Altitude 700 Mt. Habitat- Urban/ Wild Plant Habit- Creeping herb Length– 15-25cm Leaves Size-Terminal leaflet- 45mm – 70 mm length; laterals – 30 to 50 mm length and 5-8 mm width Fruit – 30-35 mm length and 5-6mm width It is very difficult to reach a conclusion of Legume species or even genus without clear pictures, especially of flowers. It may be a Galactia species. The closest match I see is G. marginalis, a native to America. It is Galactia longiflora Benth., not Tephrosia, quite common in Nellore district. The flowers are pinkish like Tephrosia purpurea flowers, but in lax racemes. This plant looks like Galactia tenuiflora (Willd.) Wight & Arn. Thanks, … It is not Galactia tenuiflora as per images herein. It has been identified as Galactia longiflora Benth. by … I have identified based on linear leaflets, G tenuiflora leaflets are elliptic 5-9 x 2-4 cm, base obtuse, apex mucronate; 2. pod looks glabrous, in G.longiflora pod is glabrous, where as in tenuiflora it is grey silky; in the abscence of flowers based on the two characters I have identified it as Galactia longiflora Galactia longiflora Arn. has got no distribution in India and sp also do not match. It should be Galactia longifolia (Jacq.) Benth.
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Galactia longiflora
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