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Each value Trefle shows for Tephrosia purpurea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Source not recorded9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Pers.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Syn. Pl. 2: 329 (1807)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1807	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Purple tephrosia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Africa to Arabian Pen., Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	59 cm	59 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 818	Sourced
Flower color	purple	purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 877	Sourced
Foliage color	green, grey	green, grey · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 443, 818, 879, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444, 822	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	95 cm	95 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced

Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers., 1807 25% complete

Purple tephrosia

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