| Tephrosia vogelii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Millettieae |
| Genus: | Tephrosia |
| Species: | T. vogelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cracca vogelii (Hook. f.) Kuntze |
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Tephrosia vogelii, the fish-poison-bean or Vogel tephrosia (English), tefrósia (Portuguese) or barbasco guineano (Spanish), is a flowering plant species in the genus Tephrosia.[1]
The two rotenoids deguelin and tephrosin can be found in T. vogelii.[2]
T. vogelii forms root nodules with Sinorhizobium fredii.