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Clitoria arborescens R.Br.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Clitoria L.

Clitoria arborescens R.Br. [Preferred name]
    Clitoria amoena Miq. {Synonym}
    Clitoria arborescens Aiton {Synonym}
    Clitoria poitaei DC. {Synonym}
    Clitoria poiteai Benth. {Synonym}
    Clitoria poiteai Steud. {Synonym}
    Clitoria poiteaui sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Ternatea arborescens (R.Br.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bigie Nonloe [2922]; Haiariballi [2922]; Kav-ai [2922]; Koeroemoe Enoelae [2922]; Koural [2922]; Kroemenoeroe [2922]; Stinkvogel-oogem [2922]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1290, 1658]; St Vincent (I) [2928, 2931]; Trinidad & Tobago (I) [2928, 2931]
  South America
Colombia (N) [1264]; French Guiana (N) [1264, 1408, 2285, 2928, 2947]; Guyana (N) [2285, 2931, 2947]; Surinam (N) [2285, 2947]; Venezuela (N) [1264, 2928, 2931]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2928]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999 Fantz PR ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL

  
USES:
  Environmental [2924, 2928, 2931]; Medicine [2924]; Toxins [2924, 2931]

  
NOTES:
  Either a liana or a scandent shrub. [2928]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1264.

  Fantz, P.R., 1981
    Sida 9(2):159-171 Tax. Notes on New Taxa Clitoria javitensis

1290.

  Fournet, J., 1978
    Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe & Martinique

2285.

  Boggan, V. et al., 1993
    Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ.Guyana. Georgetown.

2922.

  Fantz, P.R., 1978
    Dissertation Abstracts Int.38(11). Monograph of Clitoria

2924.

  Fantz, P.R., 1992
    J.Econ.Bot.45(4):511-520.Ethnobotany of Clitoria in SE Asia.

2928.

  Fantz, P.R., 1990
    Moscosoa 6:152-166. Clitoria Antillarum

2931.

  Fantz, P.R., 1999
    In Steyermark,J.et al.Flora of Venezuelan Guyana Vol 5

2947.

  Fantz, P.R.(in press), 0
    In Utrecht(ed.)Flora of the Guianas
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