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Centrosema brasilianum (L.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Centrosema (DC.)Benth.

Centrosema brasilianum (L.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Bradburya brasiliana (L.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Bradburya insulana (Vell.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Centrosema insulanum (Vell.)Steud. {Synonym}
    Clitoria brasiliana L. {Synonym}
    Clitoria formosa Kunth {Synonym}
    Clitoria insulana Vell. {Synonym}
    Vexillaria brasiliana (L.)Hoffmanns. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Babuia [1070]; Brincos De Princesa [1070]; Cunha [1070]; Espia Caminho [1070]; Jequiritirana [1070]; Jequitirana [1070]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]
  Caribbean
  Central America
Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [3052]
  South America
Argentina (N) [1472]; Bolivia (N) [1289]; Brazil (N) [1070, 1231, 1233, 1414, 2141]; Alagoas State [1070, 2141]; Amapa [1070]; Amazonas [1070, 1231]; Bahia [1070, 1414, 2141]; Ceara [1070]; Maranhao [1070, 2141]; Mato Grosso [1070, 2141]; Mato Grosso do Sul [1070]; Minas Gerais [1070]; Para [1070, 1231, 2141]; Paraiba [1070, 1233, 2141]; Pernambuco [1070, 2141]; Piaui [1070]; Rio De Janeiro [1070]; Rio Grande do Norte [1070, 2141]; Roraima [1070, 2141]; Sergipe [2141]; French Guiana (N) [1408]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Peru (N) [1442]; Surinam (N) [2285]; Venezuela (N) [1661]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1070, 1788, 3348] ; Illustration [1070, 1661]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3052] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial [3052] ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Forage [1070]

  
NOTES:
  Mentioned as cultivated by Bojer. [1915]
  No material and no subsequent record. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1070.

  Barbosa-Fevereiro, V.P., 1977
    Rodriguesia 29(42):159-219 Centrosema (DC)Benthamdo Brasil

1231.

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

1233.

  Ducke, A., 1953
    Mem.Inst.Oswaldo Cruz 51:417-461 Legumionosas-Pernamb.,Parai

1289.

  Foster, R.C., 1958
    Contr.Gray Herb.184:91-102 catalogue of...plants of Bolivia

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1442.

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

1472.

  Merrill, E.D. & Perry, L.M., 1948
    J.Arnold Arbor.29(2):152-168..Papuan Collns.M.Strong Clemen

1661.

  Steyermark, J.A. & Huber, O., 1978
    Flora del Avila 514-565 Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

1788.

  Lewis, G.P. & Owen, P.E., 1989
    Legumes Ilha de Maraca

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1915.

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

2141.

  Schultze-Kraft, R & Belalcazar, 1988
    Trop.Agric.(Trinidad) 65:137-144

2285.

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

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press
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