Tephrosia candida seed
LATIN NAME: TEPHROSIA CANDIDA
COMMON NAME: White Tephrosia
In the scrub and the disturbed ground of the warm south, the white tephrosia grows as a bushy, short-lived perennial or shrub with the pinnate leaves of many narrow leaflets and the dense, upright spikes of small, white, pea-like flowers in the late season, the slender, hairy pods following. It steadily establishes a rounded crown, eventually 5-10 metres tall. Give it full sun and deep, fertile ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The white tephrosia comes up in the studies of the warm-region legumes, its white flower spikes and its leafy growth keeping it in view in the work on the green-manure crops of the plantations and the soil-improving plants of the region. The research looks at the way the leafy bush feeds the soil, the white spikes ripen to the hairy pods, and the seed biology of the hard-coated seeds.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the warm garden and the plantation, the white tephrosia grows the leafy bush that has been cut and dug in as the green manure of the tea and the rubber plantations of the region for generations. The nitrogen-fixing legume improves the soil as it grows, and the plant makes the fine green-manure crop, the soil-improving shrub and the plant of the warm, sunny garden. It is a plant for the open, sunny, deep and fertile place.
To grow the White Tephrosia from seed, nick the hard seeds and soak them in warm water overnight, then sow them.
Nick the hard seeds and soak them in warm water overnight, then sow them, and keep the young tephrosias in the open, sunny spot. in pots of sandy soil, keep them lightly watered, and the young tephrosias rise in the full sun. The white spikes open with the late season.
LATIN NAME: Tephrosia candida
COMMON NAME: White Tephrosia
The white tephrosia is a handsome, upright, bushy, perennial shrub of the warm regions, and its fine, compound, softly hairy leaves and its dense, upright clusters of the many small, white, pea-like flowers, followed by the small, flat pods, have made it a valued and useful plant of the warm regions. The species develops an upright, columnar form, around sixty centimetres high. It is a species of the flowering shrub in the pea family, and it is native to the warm regions of the south-eastern Asia, while it is grown as a fine cover and a green-manure crop, and it is known as the white tephrosia.
The white tephrosia belongs to the pea family, Fabaceae, and it is a species of the upright, bushy, perennial shrub, native to the warm regions of the south-eastern Asia, while it is grown as a fine cover and a green-manure crop, and it is known as the white tephrosia. It is prized for its dense, upright clusters of the many small, white, pea-like flowers.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The white tephrosia has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the ecology and the agriculture, since it is a vigorous, nitrogen-fixing shrub of the warm regions, and researchers have examined its growth, its distribution and its role in the improvement of the poor soils, while its value in the cover crops and the green manure has drawn attention in the international agricultural and ecological press as a plant of the warm regions. The plant has also been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the aerial parts of the white tephrosia contain the fine rotenoid compounds, and researchers have examined the plant and its constituents with care, while the study of the rotenoid compounds has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine cover crop rather than a casual remedy. The species has also been studied in the botany, since it is a fine member of the pea family, and researchers have examined its relationships and its place among the legumes, while the study of the nitrogen-fixing shrubs has been of continuing interest, and its dense, upright clusters of the small, white flowers have been of interest to the botanists. For a plant of such fine value, the white tephrosia has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the white tephrosia is a generous shrub of the warm garden. Its dense, upright clusters of the small, white, pea-like flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, broad, leafy growth gives a fine, dense cover to the ground and the field.
Its economic value is real. The white tephrosia is prized for its vigorous, nitrogen-fixing growth, and its worth has drawn attention in the international agricultural and ecological press as a plant of the warm regions, while its fine, leafy growth has been valued in the improvement of the soils of the many lands. For a grower, the white tephrosia is an easy and valuable shrub, and for a gardener of the warm regions it brings a white, pea-flowered, nitrogen-rich shrub to the garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a quick dip in warm water, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them lightly watered in a warm spot, and theyll be sprouting readily, growing on into a white, pea-flowered, nitrogen-rich shrub.