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Machaerium lunatum (L.f.)Ducke

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Machaerium Pers.

Machaerium lunatum (L.f.)Ducke [Accepted]
    Drepanocarpus G.Meyer lunatus (L.f.)G.Meyer {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus L. lunatus L.f. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [11]; Benin (N) [11]; Cameroon (N) [11]
    Gambia The (N) [11]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]
    Liberia (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]
    Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [11]
    Sierra Leone (N) [11]; Togo (N) [23]; Zaire (N) [230]
  Caribbean
    Caribbean-TRP (U) [1231,1250,1290,1430,1431,1442]
  Central America
    Belize (U) [1645]; Guatemala (U) [1645]
    Mexico (U) [1645]; Panama (U) [1224,1250,1645]
  South America
    Brazil (U) [1104,1231,1442]; Colombia (U) [1104]
    French Guiana (U) [1104,1231,1408]; Guyana (U) [1104]
    Peru (U) [1442]; Surinam (U) [1104]
    Venezuela (U) [1104,1442]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian mangrove (and strand forest). [11]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist,
   Zarucchi,J.L.(1988) Extract From Tropicos Database

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,14]; Food and Drink

  
NOTES:
  Nodulation data from Drepanocarpus lunatus (L.f.)G.Meyer [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

11.

   Keay,R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

14.

   Dalziel,J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

23.

   Ern,H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

217.

   Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae

230.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

408.

   Kies,P., 1951
    Bothalia 6:161-176. Revision of the genus Cyclopia .....
    Bothalia 6:161-176. Revision of the genus Cyclopia .....

1104.

   Bastos,N.doC., 1987
    Bol.Mus.Paraense Emilio Goeldi,Bot.3(2):183-278 ..Machaerium
    Bol.Mus.Paraense Emilio Goeldi,Bot.3(2):183-278 ..Machaerium

1224.

   D'Arcy,W.G., 1987
    Monogr.Syst.Botany Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora Panama.
    Monogr.Syst.Botany Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora Panama.

1231.

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

1250.

   Dwyer,J.D., 1965
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.52(1):1-54 ...Dalbergieae
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.52(1):1-54 ...Dalbergieae

1290.

   Fournet,J., 1978
    Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe & Martinique
    Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe & Martinique

1408.

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

1430.

   Liogier,A.H., 1988
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II

1431.

   List Based Record, 1986
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service

1442.

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

1645.

   Standley,P.C. & Steyermark,J.A, 1946
    Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5):1-425 Leguminosae
    Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5):1-425 Leguminosae

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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