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Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.)Urb.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Macroptilium (Benth.)Urb.

Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.)Urb. [Preferred name]
    Phaseolus affinis Piper {Synonym}
    Phaseolus atropurpureus DC. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus canescens M.Martens & Galeotti {Synonym}
    Phaseolus dysophyllus Benth. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus schiedeanus Schltdl. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus vestitus Hook. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Conchito [1902]; Purple Bean [24, 261]; Siratro [261, 1915, 1941, 2264, 2266]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [210]; Mali (I) [561]; Uganda (I) [210]
  Asia
China (I) [3424]; Guangdong [3424]; India (I) [1914, 3009, 3027, 3661]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Delhi [1914]; Goa [3661]; Maharashtra [3661]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Ryukyu Is (I) [2907]; Taiwan (I) [2827]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Bahamas (N) [2153]; Caribbean-TRP (N) [1102, 1290, 1409, 1428, 1429, 1430]; Dominican Republic (I) [2157]
  Central America
El Salvador (N) [2156]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [336]; Mexico(South East) (N) [336, 1117, 1188, 1637]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (N) [1224, 1243]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (I) [1941]; Amirantes Group [1941]; Christmas I (I) [3920]; Madagascar (I) [1982, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (I) [1409, 1850, 3157]; Arizona [3157]; Florida [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Hawaii (I) [1949]; Niue (U) [2266]
  South America
Brazil (N) [336, 1414, 3348]; Ecuador (N) [336]; French Guiana (N) [2285]; Peru (N) [336, 1409]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];
    Somalia-Masai anthropic landscapes [24];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 261, 336, 1243, 1850, 1915, 1919, 1941, 2153, 2157, 2827, 3009, 3348, 3384, 3386, 3402, 3424, 3920] ; Illustration [1919, 2827, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3402], Not climbing [261] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915] [3402] ; Lifespan: Annual [3581], Perennial [261] [1941] ; 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, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract

  
USES:
  Domestic [3402]; Environmental [261, 2264, 2907]; Food and Drink [261]; Forage [261, 1915, 1919, 1941, 2264, 2266, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  Widely cultivated and naturalised throughout the Tropics and Subtropics. [261]
  Good nitrogen fixer and prolific seeder. [261]
  Not a recognised pasture species but used as such. [261]
  Known in cultivation as M. sirato. [1941]

  
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