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Rhynchosia viscosa (Roth)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Rhynchosia Lour.

Rhynchosia viscosa (Roth)DC. [Preferred name]
    Glycine viscosa Roth {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia grevei Drake {Synonym}
    Rhynchosia sericophylla Kunze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Liane Lastic [1915]; Liane Lastique [3060]; Mandalodiaraikitra [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Cameroon (N) [210]; Central African Rep. (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [271]; Ghana (N) [271]; Guinea Bissau (N) [210, 271]; Kenya (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [271]; Sierra Leone (N) [271]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Asia
China (N) [3425]; Yunnan [3425]; India (N) [210, 1914, 1915, 3009, 3017, 3021, 3027, 3140, 3187, 3366, 3376, 3590, 3733]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [1914]; Assam [3590]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Karnataka [3021]; Kerala [3017]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3733]; West Bengal [1914]; Indonesia (N) [210, 3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Nepal (N) [2898]; Sri Lanka (N) [3187, 3705]; Thailand (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [210, 1915, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [210, 1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket [210];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210];
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 1915, 1980, 3009, 3386, 3402, 3425, 3705, 3898] ; Illustration [3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [1915] [3402] [3898], Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [1915] [3402] [3898], Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] [3402] [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-03 van der Maesen, LJG ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2

  
NOTES:
  Indigenous to Madagascar, or naturalised. [1915]

  
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