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Taxon:
Clitoria laurifolia
Poir.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Clitoria
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Clitoriinae
Nomen number:
10937
Place of publication:
Encycl. suppl. 2:301. 1811
Verified:
09/09/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Clitoria cajanifolia
(C. Presl) Benth.
Neurocarpum cajanifolium
C. Presl
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Reference(s)
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Note:
cult.
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Fantz, P. R.
1993. Revising the classification of cultivated
Centrosema
and
Clitoria
in the United States. HortScience 28:676.
Fantz, P. R.
1994. pers. comm.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Clitoria+laurifolia&quantity=1
Hacker, J. B.
1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Lewis, G. P.
1987. Legumes of Bahia
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds.
1932-. Flora of Suriname.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
cult.
Common names
Spanish
chocalho –
Reference(s)
generala –
Reference(s)
timbo –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad
natzd.?
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
,
Dominican Republic
,
Haiti
,
Trinidad and Tobago
[Trinidad (natzd.?)],
United States
[Puerto Rico]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
fide HortScience 28:675. 1993
Fantz, P. R.
1993. Revising the classification of cultivated
Centrosema
and
Clitoria
in the United States. HortScience 28:676.
Environmental
soil improver
fide HortScience 28:675. 1993
Fantz, P. R.
1993. Revising the classification of cultivated
Centrosema
and
Clitoria
in the United States. HortScience 28:676.
Name
References