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Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews)Meikle & Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Rhynchosia Lour.

Rhynchosia hirta (Andrews)Meikle & Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Cyanospermum tomentosum (Roxb.)Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Cylista albiflora Sims {Synonym}
    Cylista tomentosa Roxb. {Synonym}
    Cylista villosa Aiton {Synonym}
    Dolichos hirtus Andrews {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia albidiflora (Sims)Alston {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia albiflora (Sims)Alston {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia cyanosperma Baker {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia tomentosa (Roxb.)Baill. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Hin-garadiya [3705]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [3237]; Burundi (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [220]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [230]; Zambia (N) [28]
  Asia
India (N) [210, 1914, 1945, 3020, 3027, 3103, 3366, 3623, 3733]; Andhra Pradesh [1945]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3733]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3623]; Maharashtra [3103]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3733]; Sri Lanka (N) [210, 3705]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [1056]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [210, 1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  South America
French Guiana (I) [1311]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone: bushland and thicket. [210];
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; forest. [210];
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 1957, 3019, 3386, 3623, 3705] ; Illustration [220, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-03 van der Maesen LJG, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-03 van der Maesen, LJG ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  Morton SL370(K) from Sierra Leone is probably this. []
  Cultivated on Mauritius & Reunion in the 19th Century; no recent records. [1915]
  Cultivated in the Botanic Gardens on Mauritius & Reunion at the beginning of [1915]
  the nineteenth century. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

28.

  White, F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

210.

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

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

230.

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

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1311.

  Grear, J.W., 1978
    Mem.New York Bot.Gard.31(1):1-168...New World Rhynchosia..

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

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

1945.

  Gamble, J.S., 1918
    Flora of the Presidency of Madras,Vol.1.(Parts 2-3) 1918-19

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
    The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3103.

  Fischer, C.E.C., 1921
    Rec.Bot.Surv.India 9:1-218. ...flora of Anaimalai Hills...

3237.

  van der Maesen, L.J.G., 2001
    Personal Communication.

3366.

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

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3623.

  Vajravelu, E., 1990
    Flora of Palghat Distr. including Silent Valley Nat.Park.

3705.

  Maxwell, R.H., 1991
    In:Dassanayake,M.D. & Fosberg,F.R.(Eds.) A revised handbook

3733.

  Satyanarayana, P., 1993
    Taxonom.revis.of tribe Cajaneae in India.PhD thesis.Calcutta

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