SHARPUNKHA (TEPHROSIA PURPUREA) – USES, BENEFITS, PROPERTIES & DOSAGE DESCRIPTION OF PLANT Sharpunkha (Tephrosia purpurea) is a Perennial erect herb which is up to 50 cm tall. Stem is woody, 0.5-1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, slightly angular near the apex, outer surface is green and glabrous. Leaves are imparipinnate, leaflets are 7-15, 1-2.8 x 0.3-1 cm, oblanceolate or obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse to emarginate or truncate, mucronate, stipules 3-6 mm long, lanceolate. Flowers are about 7 mm long, leaf-opposed, pseudoracemes, pedicels