Taxon:
Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. var. uniflorum
Summary
Verified:
07/22/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- Verdcourt, B. 1982. A revision of Macrotyloma (Leguminosae). Hooker's Icon. Pl. 38(4):38.
Common names
English
horse gram – Madras gram – French
dolic biflore – German
Pferdebohne – India
kulthi – Portuguese
faveira – Spanish
frijol verde –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. in tropics |
Native
Africa
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
Cultivated
(also cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
soil improver (green manure fide Leg WorldEc, as M. uniflorum) – Human food
pulse (fide Taxon 45:330. 1996, as Macrotyloma uniflorum) –