Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Dioclea bicolor Benth..

Dioclea bicolor Benth.

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Dioclea Kunth

Dioclea bicolor Benth. [Preferred name]
Dolichos bicolor Steud. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

South America: Brazil (N) [1231, 1461]; French Guiana (N) [1231]; Venezuela (N) [1461]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [1461]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1231.		Ducke, A., 1949
		Bol.Tecn.Inst.Agron.N.18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama

1461.		Maxwell, R.H., 1969
		Ph.D. Dissert.(Southern Illinois Univ.-Carbondale).Dioclea