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Scientific Name
Calopogonium mucunoides
Pest Alias
Calopo; Calopogonium; Calopo legume; Tropical kudzu
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Genus:
Calopogonium
Species:
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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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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Calopo

Calopogonium mucunoides
Scientific Name
Calopogonium mucunoides
Pest Alias
Calopo; Calopogonium; Calopo legume; Tropical kudzu
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Genus:
Calopogonium
Species:
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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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.

 

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Calopogonium mucunoides", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.