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Aeschynomene americana L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Aeschynomene L.

Aeschynomene americana L. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene americana var. depila Millsp. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene javanica var. luxurians Miq. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene mexicana Colla {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene mimulosa Miq. {Synonym}
    Aeschynomene tricholoma Standl. & Steyerm. {Synonym}
    Hippocrepis mimulosa Noronha {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  American Joint-Vetch [3657]; American Sensitive Plant [3657]; Dormidera Cimarrona [1409]; Joint Vetch [1902]; Morivivi Bobo [1430]; Tamarindillo [1409]; Thornless Mimosa [1957, 3030]; Yerba Rosario [1430]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [1915]; Malawi (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Zambia (I) [8]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3020, 3027, 3366, 3376, 3657]; Bihar [3657]; Kerala [3657]; Maharashtra [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3366]; Indonesia (I) [261, 1551, 1969]; Jawa (N) [261]; Philippines (I) [261, 1551]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]; Sulawesi (N) [1551]; Thailand (I) [1551]; Vietnam (I) [1551]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1056, 1229, 1243, 1271, 1290, 1339, 1409, 1430, 1460, 1547, 1551, 1645]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1460, 1547, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1460, 1547, 1658]; El Salvador (N) [1460, 1547, 1645, 2156]; Guatemala (N) [1460, 1547, 1645]; Honduras (N) [1460, 1547]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1222, 1409, 1460]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1222, 1460]; Nicaragua (N) [1460, 1547, 3348]; Panama (N) [1222, 1224, 1243, 1460, 1547, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (I) [1914, 3657]; Madagascar (I) [2982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (I) [1914]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (N) [1056, 1222, 1271, 1430, 1431, 1460, 1547, 3402]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]
  South America
Argentina (N) [1056, 1222, 1430, 1460, 1547]; Bolivia (N) [1289, 1547]; Brazil (N) [1414, 1460, 1547]; Colombia (N) [1292, 1460, 1547]; Ecuador (N) [1229, 1460, 1547]; French Guiana (N) [1408]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Paraguay (N) [1460, 1547]; Peru (N) [1547]; Venezuela (N) [1460, 1547, 1661]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [212];
    Zambezian grassland [8];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [212, 261, 1409, 1430, 1547, 1551, 1645, 1915, 1937, 1941, 1957, 2982, 3348, 3402, 3657, 3898] ; Distribution Map [1547, 3657] ; Illustration [1937]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] [1941] [3402], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Annual [1915] [3402], Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2

  
USES:
  Environmental [261, 1957]; Forage [1957, 3030]; Miscellaneous [1957, 3030]; Weed [261, 1915, 1957]

  
NOTES:
  There is a note on the label Ubolchalaket s.n. (K): "Thailand". [3454]
  Native of subtropical America. [261]

  
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