Tephrosia purpurea  (L.) Pers.

Fish Poison, Wild Indigo
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: ​​Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Tephrosia
Species: purpurea

  • Common names: Fish Poison, Wild Indigo
  • Thai names: ครามป่า khram pa (Chiang Mai), จ๊าคราม cha khram (Chiang Mai), จ๊าครามดอกแดง cha khram dok daeng (Northern)
  • Chinese names: 灰毛豆 hui mao dou​
  • Distribution: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum
  • Map info: Provinces are highlighted according to phytogeographical areas as used in the Flora of Thailand project.
  • Additional notes: Used as a fish poison; the leaves and seeds contain tephrosin, which paralyzes fish. Larger doses are lethal to fish, but mammals and amphibians are unaffected.
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Image locations
Images of Tephrosia purpurea from Thailand.
Picture
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Cheelong Chaiyaphum September
References: 
​The Plant List
Forest Herbarium - BKF
Flora of China
​Tephrosia of Thailand