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Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.)Thouars

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Cajanus DC.

Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.)Thouars [Accepted]
    Atylosia Wight & Arn. scarabaeoides (L.)Benth. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ghana (I) [212]; Guinea Bissau (I) [212]; Mali (N) [561]
    Nigeria (I) [274]; Senegal (I) [212]
    Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Tanzania (I) [210]
    Zambia (I) [274]
  Asia
    Sri Lanka (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
    Mauritius (I) [210]
  
HABITATS: -
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Weed; Medicine; Forage; Environmental; Food and Drink

  
NOTES:
  Full distribution mapped by Van der Maesen.
  Nodulation data from Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.)Benth. [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

   Hepper,F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

274.

   Van der Maesen,L.J.G, 1985
    Agric.Univ.Wageningen Papers 85-4:1-225.Cajanus & Atylosia
    Agric.Univ.Wageningen Papers 85-4:1-225.Cajanus & Atylosia

561.

   Boudet,G. & Lebrun,J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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