Fabaceae

Vogel's tephrosia

Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Tephrosia

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Vogel's tephrosia: Native to tropical Africa, but now a pantropical crop. Used to fix nitrogen and to deter ticks, mites, fleas etc., but it can kill fish if planted near water. P — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 威氏鐵富豆, 威氏铁富豆, 白花鐵富豆, 西非灰毛豆, 白花铁富豆
dag: Bim
English: Vogel's tephrosia
Kinyarwanda: Umuruku, Umurukuruku
Malagasy: Amberivatry vazaha, Famamo, Famamovazaha
Vietnamese: Cốt khí lông vàng

Synonyms

Cracca vogelii (Hook.f.) Kuntze
Tephrosia inebrians Welw.
Tephrosia megalantha Micheli
Tephrosia periculosa Baker

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: PierreBaobab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: DUKUZE Thacien, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: tmcowiti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: tmcowiti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.