Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.

Description:

Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.Calopogonium mucunoides Desv. Fabaceae. CN: [Malay - Kacang asu], Bejuco culebra, Calapo, Calopo, Calopogonio-indico, Jequirana, Marmelada-de-boi, Mielillo, Wild ground nut. Native of the neotropics; elsewhere cultivated and naturalized. Erosion control, soil improver, forage. Herbs, twining or procumbent, densely hirsute with spreading fulvous hairs. Widely cultivated as ground cover in Malaysian plantations and usually seeds mixed with two other legume species (Pueraria and Centrosema) before sowing. Synonym(s):Calopogonium brachycarpum (Benth.) Benth. ex Hemsl.Calopogonium orthocarpum Urb.Stenolobium brachycarpum Benth.Glycine javanica sensu Backer, Non L.Ref:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?8636zipcodezoo.com/Plants/C/Calopogonium_mucunoides/www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=600&taxon_id...www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/data/pf000011.htm