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Psophocarpus lancifolius Harms

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Psophocarpus DC.

Psophocarpus lancifolius Harms [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Burundi (N) [308]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Kenya (N) [210]
    Malawi (N) [210]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [308]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
    Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [308]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [210]
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210], Zambezian grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1785,308]

  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

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

308.

   Verdcourt,B. & Halliday,P., 1978
    Kew Bull.33:191-227. A revision of Psophocarpus.
    Kew Bull.33:191-227. A revision of Psophocarpus.

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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