Common name
English: Calopogonium
Mandarin: 毛蔓豆 (mao man dou)
Portuguese: Calopogônio
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Calopogonium (1)
Epithet: mucunoides Desv. (1)
Synonyms: Calopogonium brachycarpum Hemsl., Calopogonium orthocarpum Urb., Stenolobium brachycarpum Benth.
brachycarpum => short fruit
mucunoides => resembling Mucuna pruriens
orthocarpum => upright fruit
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet, white
External links
Check for Calopogonium mucunoides at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [202] Calopogonium mucunoides - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
- [1561] Calopogonium mucunoides - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.