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Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Macrotyloma (Wight & Arn.)Verdc.

Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos benadirianus Chiov. {Synonym}
    Dolichos biflorus sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Dolichos uniflorus Lam. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Horse Gram [1902, 1919, 3705]; Kollu [3705, 4751]; Kulthi [3026]; Madras Gram [1938]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Botswana (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Namibia (N) [298]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Somalia (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [29]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [298]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1947, 1957]; China (N) [1179]; India (N) [1914, 1945, 1947, 3009, 3020, 3037, 3092, 3094, 3098, 3143, 3144, 3366, 3371, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3598, 3619]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3371]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3598]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3098]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3143]; Rajasthan [3619]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [1945]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3037]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [1957, 3898]; Myanmar (N) [3015]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Philippines (N) [1979, 3963]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 3705]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 3423]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880];

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transitional zone; wooded grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 298, 1938, 1947, 1957, 3386, 3423, 3705, 3898] ; Distribution Map [298] ; Illustration [298]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3898], Not climbing [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Herb [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial [3898] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [298]; Food and Drink [298, 1919, 3034]; Forage [298, 1938]; Medicine [3034]

  
NOTES:
  Sometimes cultivated in Java; native to southeast Asia. [3898]

  
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