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Psophocarpus grandiflorus R.Wilczek

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Psophocarpus DC.

Psophocarpus grandiflorus R.Wilczek [Preferred name]
    Psophocarpus palustris sensu Westphal {Misapplied}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [8]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane forest [210];
    Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket. [210];
    Cultivated [307];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 308] ; Distribution Map [308] ; Illustration [24, 307, 308]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [307, 308]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

230.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

307.

  Westphal, E., 1974
    Pulses in Ethiopia

308.

  Verdcourt, B. & Halliday, P., 1978
    Kew Bull.33:191-227. A revision of Psophocarpus.
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