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Macroptilium atropurpureum
species of plant
Pseudovigna
Pseudovigna is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes three species of trailing or climbing perennial herbs native to tropical Africa, in Sierra Leone and Ghana to Nigeria in West Africa, and Kenya to Mozambique and Zimbabwe in east Africa. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Nesphostylis
Nesphostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It was previously believed to be a monotypic African genus consisting of the species N. holosericea from West and East Africa, but a second species, Nesphostylis lanceolata, was found in Burma in 1977. A third species, N. bracteata, was found in India.
Mastersia
Mastersia is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains two species of lianas or twining herbs. Typical habitat is seasonally-dry tropical forest, often in open places, including both wet and dry sites. Mastersia assamica – eastern Himalayas, Tibet, Assam, and Myanmar Mastersia bakeri – central Malesia, including Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands
Mucuna monosperma
species of plant
Pseudeminia
Pseudeminia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species of herbs or subshrubs native to southern and central tropical Africa, mostly in the Zambezian region. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland, thicket, bushland, wooded grassland, and scrubland, and in former cultivated areas. Pseudeminia benguellensis Pseudeminia comosa Pseudeminia mendoncae Pseudeminia muxiria
Otoptera
Otoptera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species native to southern Africa and Madagascar. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. According to Moteetee and Van Wyk, the generic name Otoptera is derived from a characteristic spur at the base of each wing petal and is derived from the Greek oto meaning 'ear' and ptero meaning 'wing'. The proper words in ancient Greek for 'ear' and 'wing' are however oûs, genitive ōtós (οὖς, genitive ὠτός) and pterón (πτερόν). Members of the Otoptera genus can be identified by the spur at the base of the petals and s
Cruddasia
Cruddasia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Neorautanenia
Neorautanenia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes two species of herbs of subshrubs native to sub-Saharan Africa. They inhabit seasonally-dry tropical open woodland, bushland, wooded grassland, and grassland, often on rocky outcrops. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Neorautanenia mitis is a common perennial herb found in the middle-belt region of Nigeria, as well as other parts of western and central Africa. It has insecticidal properties and is used in traditional Rwandese medicine as treatment for scabies.
Pseudoeriosema
Pseudoeriosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of herbs or shrubs native to tropical Africa. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical woodland, wooded grassland, and seasonally swampy grassland in the Zambezian, Sudanian, and Somali-Masai regions. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae. Pseudoeriosema andongense Pseudoeriosema borianii Pseudoeriosema homblei Pseudoeriosema longipes Pseudoeriosema moeroense
Cajanus scarabaeoides
species of plant
Oxyrhynchus
genus of plants
Flemingia grahamiana
species of plant
Centrosema brasilianum
species of plant
Hardenbergia comptoniana
species of plant
Ramirezella
genus of plants
Apios carnea
species of plant
Bolusafra
Bolusafra is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Bolusafra bituminosa or tar pea. It is a subshrub native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Mucuna interrupta
species of plant
Apios priceana
species of plant
Strophostyles leiosperma
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Strophostyles umbellata
species of plant
Paracalyx balfourii
species of plant
Eminia
genus of plants
Rhynchosia tomentosa
species of plant
Strophostyles helvola
species of plant
Sphenostylis angustifolia
species of plant
Centrosema molle
species of plant
Ancistrotropis
Ancistrotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.
Eriosema harmsianum
species of plant
Cajanus kerstingii
species of plant
Decorsea dinteri
species of plant
Centrosema arenicola
species of plant
Dolichopsis
Dolichopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes three species native to South America, ranging from west-central and southeastern Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.
Barbieria
Barbieria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Barbieria pinnata, a climber native to the tropical Americas, from southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to northern South America.
Dolichos sericeus
species of plant
Neustanthus
Neustanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae and its tribe Phaseoleae. The only species is Neustanthus phaseoloides, called tropical kudzu. This species is a forage crop and cover crop used in the tropics. It is known as puero in Australia and tropical kudzu in most tropical regions.
Herpyza
Herpyza is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains a single species, Herpyza grandiflora, an herbaceous perennial endemic to Cuba. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Mysanthus
Mysanthus uleanus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a climbing herb endemic to eastern Brazil. It grows in seasonally-dry tropical wooded grassland, thorn scrub, rocky shrubland, and in degraded areas. It is the only described member of the genus Mysanthus, though there is a report of an undescribed species. The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Wajira
Wajira is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of climbing herbs or subshrubs native to tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Thailand. Four species are native to the Somali-Masai region of northeastern tropical Africa. Wajira grahamiana is more widespread in Africa and ranges to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Typical habitats are seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, bushland, and grassland. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna. A key for the
Neocollettia
Neocollettia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Neocollettia wallichii, a perennial native to Myanmar and Java. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Austrodolichos
Austrodolichos is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes a single species, Austrodolichos errabundus, native to northern Australia.
Flemingia vestita
species of plant
Vandasina
Vandasina is a monotypic genus—that is, a genus that includes only one known species—of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The sole included species is Vandasina retusa
Carrissoa
Carrissoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus has a single species, Carrissoa angolensis, a subshrub endemic to Angola. It grows in seasonally-dry tropical open bushland and scrub and along watercourses, and forms woody rootstocks in fire-prone environments.
Spathionema
Spathionema kilimandscharicum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a climbing or scrambling subshrub, 2 to 10 meters long, native to Kenya and Tanzania. It is the sole species in genus Spathionema. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Sigmoidotropis
Sigmoidotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes eight species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from northern Mexico and the Caribbean islands to southern Brazil. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species in this genus were formerly considered to belong to the genus Vigna.
Hardenbergia perbrevidens
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Vatovaea
Vatovaea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Vatovaea pseudolablab.