Tephrosia timoriensis DC.

Annual herb or short-lived perennial, 30-60 cm tall, branched from the base, stem with long hairs. Leaves imparipinnate, up to 6.5 cm long; stipules linear, setaceous; leaflets 2-7 pairs, elliptical to obovate, 3-27 mm x 1-9 mm, truncate or emarginate at the apex. Inflorescence a terminal or leaf-opposed pseudoraceme, up to 10 cm long, 2-6-flowered; flowers 3-7 mm long; pedicel 1.5-3 mm long; calyx teeth long, thin; corolla white turning pink, standard 3-6 mm long. Pod linear, 2-4.5 cm x 3-5 mm, finely downy, 5-14-seeded. Seed quadrangular, up to 3.5 mm long.

T. pumila is found on limestone, coral and stony soils.

T. pumila is found in low-lying areas with little rainfall, beaches, arable fields, grasslands, river banks.

Soil improver: As green manure crop.