Biology:Calopogonium mucunoides

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Calopogonium

Calopogonium mucunoides
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Close-up of flower
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Twining habit
Scientific classification edit
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
Desv.
Synonyms[1]

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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q9674680 entry