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Dioclea violacea Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Dioclea Kunth

Dioclea violacea Benth. [Preferred name]
    Dioclea paraguariensis Hassl. {Synonym}
    Dioclea paraguayensis Hassl. {Orthographic variant}
    Dolichos altissimus Vell. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Wadra [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Trinidad & Tobago (N) [1063, 1231]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (U) [1063, 1982]; Mauritius (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (U) [2264]; Hawaii (I) [1063]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1063, 1103, 1231, 1414, 1442]; French Guiana (N) [1231, 1408]; Guyana (N) [1063]; Peru (N) [1231, 1442]; Surinam (N) [2285]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1442]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
NOTES:
  A plant which appears to be the same species is cultivated at the Jardin des [1915]
  Pamplemousses, Mauritius. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1063.

  Amshoff, G.J.H., 1939
    Meded.Bot.Mus.Herb.Rijks Univ.Utrecht 52:1-78 S.Amer.Papil..

1231.

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

1442.

  Macbride, J.F., 1943
    Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.,Bot.Ser.13(3/1):1-506 Leguminosae

1915.

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

1982.

  Du Puy, D.J., 1993
    Legumes of Madagascar. Typescripte.

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2285.

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