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Macroptilium atropurpureum - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Macroptilium atropurpureum - Seeds - Click to enlarge!

Seeds; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Macroptilium atropurpureum - Pods - Click to enlarge!

Pods; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer

Macroptilium atropurpureum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Macroptilium atropurpureum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 974
Date of entry: 28.11.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Purple Bush-Bean

Mandarin: 紫花大翼豆 (zi hua da yi dou)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2599)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)

      Order: Fabales (237)

        Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)

          Genus: Macroptilium (2)

            Epithet: atropurpureum ( DC. ) Urb. (1)

atropurpureum => dark purple

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple

External links

Check for Macroptilium atropurpureum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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