Fabaceae
White hoarypea
Tephrosia candida
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tephrosia
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Tephrosia candidaFabaceae
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bangla
- বাঙ্গারা, মেডলা
- Chinese
- 白灰毛豆, 白花鐵富豆, 山毛豆, 白花鐡富豆, 短萼灰叶
- English
- White hoarypea, White hoary pea
- Malagasy
- Tephrosia
Synonyms
- Cracca candida (DC.) Kuntze
- Cracca candida var. heterophylla Kuntze
- Cracca candida var. normalis Kuntze
- Cracca candida var. obtusifolia Kuntze
- Kiesera candida (DC.) Reinw.
- Kiesera sericea Reinw. ex Blume
- Lonchocarpus fruticosus Span.
- Robinia candida (DC.) Roxb.
- Robinia javanica Zipp. ex Miq.
- Robinia leucantha Zipp. ex Miq.
- Robinia sericea Sieber ex C.Presl
- Tephrosia sericea Zoll. & Moritzi
- Xiphocarpus candidus (DC.) Endl.
- Xiphocarpus candidus (DC.) Hassk.
- Xiphocarpus martinicensis C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.