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Psophocarpus scandens (Endl.)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Psophocarpus DC.

Psophocarpus scandens (Endl.)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Botor palustris sensu Hiern, non (Desv.)Kuntze {Misapplied}
    Diesingia scandens Endl. {Synonym}
    Dolichos suffultus Graham {Synonym}
    Mucuna comorensis Vatke {Synonym}
    Psophocarpus comorensis (Vatke)Baill. {Synonym}
    Psophocarpus golungensis Romariz {Synonym}
    Psophocarpus longepedunculatus Hassk. {Synonym}
    Psophocarpus longipedunculatus Hassk. {Orthographic variant}
    Psophocarpus mabala Welw. {Synonym}
    Psophocarpus palmettorum sensu Andrews {Misapplied}
    Psophocarpus palustris sensu R.Vig. {Misapplied}
    Psophocarpus palustris sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Psophocarpus tetragonolobus sensu auct., p.p. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Anonantaka [3402]; Pois Carres [3052]; Vahimafaraka [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [308]; Burundi (N) [308]; Cameroon (N) [308]; Central African Rep. (N) [308]; Congo (N) [308]; Gabon (N) [308]; Kenya (N) [8]; Malawi (N) [308]; Mozambique (N) [308]; Nigeria (N) [308]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [308]; Sudan (N) [308]; Tanzania (N) [308]; Uganda (N) [308]; Zaire (N) [308]; Zambia (N) [308]
  Asia
India (I) [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; Indonesia (I) [308]; Jawa (N) [308]; Myanmar (I) [3366]; Vietnam (I) [1942]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [308]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (N) [308]; Anjouan I [308]; Madagascar (U) [308, 1915, 3402]; Mauritius (U) [308, 1915]; Mayotte (U) [308]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]
  South America
Brazil (U) [308, 1414]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [308];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [308];
    Zambezian forest [308];
    Zambezian freshwater swamp and aquatic vegetation [308];
    Zambezian grassland [308];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 308, 1915, 1942, 1980, 3402] ; Distribution Map [308] ; Illustration [308, 1915, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [261] [308] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asi

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Environmental [3030]; Food and Drink [308]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated in Saigon Botanic Garden. Native of Africa. [1942]
  Appeared as a contaminant in a cover crop trial of Calopogonium caeruleum. [261]
  Probably indigenous to Mauritius. [1915]
  Closely related to P.palustris, and previously both placed within P.palustris, [308]
  but differ enough to be separated and treated as two distinct species. [308]
  P.palustris (sensu stricto) is only found in West Africa. [308]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

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

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

308.

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

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1942.

  Thuan, N., 1979
    In:Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol.17

1980.

  Baker, J.G., 1876
    In:Hooker,J.D., Flora of British India 2:56-306. (1876-1879)

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.
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