Calopogonium mucunoides

Calopogonium mucunoides, called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] In some locales it has become a serious invasive species.[2]

Calopogonium mucunoides
Close-up of flower
Twining habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Calopogonium
Species:
C. mucunoides
Binomial name
Calopogonium mucunoides
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Calopogonium brachycarpum (Benth.) Benth. ex Hemsl.
    • Calopogonium flavidum Brandegee
    • Calopogonium orthocarpum Urb.
    • Stenolobium brachycarpum Benth.
    • Stenolobium brachycarpum var. brachystachyum Benth.

References
  1. "Calopogonium mucunoides Desv". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. "Calopogonium mucunoides - Desv". pfaf.org. Plants For A Future. 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.


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