Description: 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. Photo from Liparamba area of Tanzania. Date: 7 May 2016, 11:18. Source:
Tephrosia vogelii-- the Fish Poison Bean. Author:
Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.