Calopogonium mucunoides
Close-up of flower
Twining habit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Calopogonium
Species:
C. mucunoides
Binomial name
Calopogonium mucunoides
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Calopogonium brachycarpum (Benth.) Benth. ex Hemsl.
    • Calopogonium flavidum Brandegee
    • Calopogonium orthocarpum Urb.
    • Stenolobium brachycarpum Benth.
    • Stenolobium brachycarpum var. brachystachyum Benth.

Calopogonium mucunoides, called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] In some locales it has become a serious invasive species.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calopogonium mucunoides Desv". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Calopogonium mucunoides - Desv". pfaf.org. Plants For A Future. 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.


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