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Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.)Taub.

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HIGHER TAXON: Indigofereae

GENUS: Cyamopsis DC.

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.)Taub. [Preferred name]
    Cyamopsis psoralioides (Lam.)DC. {Orthographic variant}
    Cyamopsis psoraloides (Lam.)DC. {Synonym}
    Cyanopsis tetragonoloba (L.)Taub. {Orthographic variant}
    Dolichos fabaeformis L'Her. {Synonym}
    Dolichos fabiformis L'Her. {Orthographic variant}
    Dolichos psoraloides Lam. {Synonym}
    Lopinus trifoliolatus Cav. {Orthographic variant}
    Lupinus trifoliatus Cav. {Synonym}
    Psoralea tetragonoloba L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Clusterbean [1902, 1957, 3030, 3587]; Gowar [3587, 3697]; Guar [1902, 3587, 3697]; Guar Bean [327]; Guar Gum [24]; Koth-averay [4751]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Chad (I) [64]; Ethiopia (I) [24]; Mali (I) [561]; Mozambique (I) [2669]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; South Africa (I) [327]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Zambia (I) [2669]
  Asia
Afghanistan (I) [1861]; China (I) [3417]; Yunnan [3417]; India (I) [347, 1914, 3020, 3027, 3099, 3118, 3143, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3384, 3385, 3697]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Assam [3385]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Haryana [3373]; Karnataka [3020]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3099]; Orissa [3376]; Punjab [3143]; Rajasthan [3697]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3118]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Nepal (I) [3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1957]; Vietnam (I) [1937]
  Middle East
Yemen (I) [1939]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 1861, 1937, 1938, 1957, 3017, 3207, 3375, 3417, 3898] ; Illustration [1937, 3207, 3417]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3898] ; Conservation Status: Cultigen not known in the wild ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Herb [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual [3898], Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994-10 Schrire BD ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Chemical products [24]; Environmental [24, 3898]; Food and Drink [24, 3030, 3034, 3375, 3587]; Forage [24, 1937, 3030, 3375, 3697, 3898]; Medicine [3034]; Miscellaneous [3030, 3375]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated and naturalized. [1937]
  Native of Central Asia. [3898]
  Formerly cultivated in Java. [3898]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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64.

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  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

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  Rechinger, K.H., 1984
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1902.

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3384.

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  Carter, H.G. & Carter, D.N., 1921
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3587.

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3697.

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