Taxon:
Psophocarpus scandens (Endl.) Verdc.
Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 17:539. 1968
Verified:
06/29/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960- Note: cultivated
- Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. Flora de Sao Tome e Principe. 1972-
- Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
- Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- Verdcourt, B. & P. Halliday. 1978. A revision of Psophocarpus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Phaseoleae). Kew Bull. 33:205.
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
tropical African winged-bean –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Burundi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Comoros | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | natzd.? |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Bahia (natzd.?)]