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Centrosema plumieri (Pers.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Centrosema (DC.)Benth.

Centrosema plumieri (Pers.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Bradburya plumieri (Pers.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Centrosema plumeri (Turpin)Benth. {Orthographic variant}
    Centrosema plumiere (Turpin)Benth. {Synonym}
    Clitoria plumieri Pers. {Synonym}
    Cruminium giganteum Desv. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Choncho [1645]; Cipo-das-feridas [1070]; Cocotte Femme [2157]; Conchitas [2157]; Cunha [1070]; Fee Fee [1056]; Feijao-Bravo [1070]; Fleur Languette [2157]; Flor De Conchitas [1430]; Frijolillo [1645]; Gallito [2157]; Guarumbe [1070]; Honte [2157]; Jequirana [1070]; Languette [2157]; Mariposa [1645]; Marmelada [1070]; Patito [1645]; Pois Piante [2157]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [212]; Kenya (I) [210]; Nigeria (I) [212]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [217]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Zaire (I) [230]
  Asia
India (I) [3366, 3926]; Tamil Nadu [3366]; Indonesia (I) [3898, 3926]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (I) [2111]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (I) [3963]; Singapore (I) [2111]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957, 3705]; Sumatera (N) [3926]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Cuba (N) [1409]; Dominican Republic (N) [1470, 2157]; Haiti (N) [1470, 2157]; Jamaica (N) [1056]; Martinique (N) [1290]; Puerto Rico (N) [1430]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (N) [1367, 1658]; El Salvador (N) [1645]; Guatemala (N) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1261, 1470, 1645]; Colima [1470]; Guerrero [1470]; Jalisco [1470]; Michoacan [1470]; Morelos [1470]; Nayarit [1470]; Oaxaca [1470]; Veracruz [1470]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1261, 1470, 1637, 1645]; Campeche [1645]; Chiapas [1117, 1470]; Quintana Roo [1637]; Tabasco [1470, 1645]; Yucatan [1470, 1645]; Nicaragua (N) [1261, 3348]; Panama (N) [1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]; Nauru (I) [2235]
  South America
Bolivia (N) [1289]; Brazil (N) [1070, 1231, 1233, 1261, 1414, 1658, 1788]; Amazonas [1070, 1231]; Bahia [1414]; Ceara [1070]; Maranhao [1070]; Para [1070, 1231]; Paraiba [1070, 1233]; Parana [1070]; Pernambuco [1070, 1233]; Rio De Janeiro [1070]; Roraima [1788]; Sao Paulo [1070]; Colombia (N) [1292]; French Guiana (N) [1408]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Peru (N) [1442]; Surinam (N) [2285]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];
    Guinea-Congolian anthropic landscapes [230];
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [230];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 1056, 1070, 1243, 1915, 2111, 2157, 3705, 3898] ; Illustration [1070]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3052] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915], Shrub [3581] ; Lifespan: 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 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar

  
USES:
  Environmental [1070, 1915, 3898]; Forage [1915]

  
NOTES:
  Tropical American species cultivated in Africa & Asia. [261]
  Could easily become established in New Guinea. [261]

  
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