Clitoria falcata Lam.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Clitoria L.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [1470][1430][2157][1790][1414][1243][210]

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Other names:

• Clitoria cearensis Huber [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Clitoria glycinoides DC. [Synonym] [1243][1414][1430][2924][2928][2931]
  
• Clitoria rubiginosa Pers. [Synonym] [210][1243][1414][1430][1470][2928][2931]
  
• Clitoria tetragona DC. [Synonym] [2928]
  
• Clitoria tetragona Vahl [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Crotalaria elliptica Poiret [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Galactia tetragona Poiret [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Martia brasiliensis Steudel [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Martia physodes Leandro Sacr. [Synonym] [2928]
  
• Martiusia physalodes Schultes [Synonym] [2928]
  
• Martiusia rubiginosa (Pers.)Britton [Synonym] [1430][2922]
  
• Neurocarpum argenteum Duchass. & Walp. [Synonym] [1243]
  
• Neurocarpum ellipticum Desv. [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Neurocarpum falcatum (Lam.)DC. [Synonym] [2928]
  
• Neurocarpum glycinoides (DC.)Desv. [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Neurocarpum rubiginosum (Pers.)Desv. [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Neurocarpum villosum Desv. [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Ternatea glycinoides (DC.)Kuntze [Synonym] [2922]
  
• Ternatea rubiginosa (Pers.)Kuntze [Synonym] [2928]
  

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Common Names:

• Espelina Falsa [2922]
  
• Muzgil [2922]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1999 Fantz PR
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [2924]
  
• Forage [2924]
  
• Medicine [2924]
  
• Toxins [2924]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [2946]
  • Ghana [8] [2946]
  • Guinea Bissau [270]
  • Liberia [270] [2946]
  • Nigeria [270] [2946]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [270]
  • Tanzania [210]

• Asia [2927]
  • Taiwan [2927]

• Caribbean [270] [2922] [2928]
  • Caribbean-TRP [1243] [1430] [1470]
  • Cuba [2928]
  • Dominican Republic [2928]
  • Guadeloupe [2928]
  • Haiti [2928]
  • Jamaica [2928]
  • Martinique [2928]
  • Puerto Rico [2928]
  • Trinidad & Tobago [2922]

• Central America [1117] [1188] [1221] [1470] [2922] [2945] [2946]
  • Belize [270] [2945]
  • Costa Rica [2945] [2946]
  • El Salvador [2945]
  • Guatemala [2922] [2945]
  • Honduras [2945]
  • Mexico(North & Central) [1470] [2945]
    • Nayarit [2945]
    • Oaxaca [2945]
    • San Luis Potosi [2945]
    • Veracruz [2945]
  • Mexico(South East) [1117] [1188] [2945]
    • Chiapas [2945]
    • Tabasco [2945]
    • Yucatan [2945]
  • Nicaragua [2945] [2946]
  • Panama [1221] [1224] [1243] [2945]

• South America [270] [2090] [2285] [2922] [2928] [2931] [2946] [2947]
  • Brazil [1414] [2922] [2928] [2946]
    • Acre [2922]
    • Amapa [2922]
    • Amazonas [2922]
    • Bahia [2922]
    • Ceara [2922]
    • Goias [2922]
    • Mato Grosso [2922]
    • Minas Gerais [2922]
    • Para [2922]
    • Parana [2922]
    • Rio De Janeiro [2922]
    • Rio Grande do Sul [2922]
    • Santa Catarina [2922]
    • Sao Paulo [2922]
  • Colombia [2922]
  • Ecuador [2922]
  • French Guiana [2285] [2947]
  • Guyana [2285] [2947]
  • Paraguay [2931]
  • Peru [2090] [2928] [2931]
  • Surinam [2285] [2947]
  • Venezuela [2931]

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Notes:

• Four botanical vars:see vars aurantiaca, falcata, glabrescens & latifolia.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:56:23