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Taxon:
Macrotyloma geocarpum
(Harms) Maréchal & Baudet
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Macrotyloma
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
311411
Place of publication:
Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 47:50. 1977
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Kerstingiella geocarpa
Harms
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Reference(s)
Brunel, J. F. et al., eds.
1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Pasquet, R. S. et al.
2002. Genetic diversity of the African geocarpic legume Kersting's groundnut,
Macrotyloma geocarpum
(Tribe Phaseoleae: Fabaceae). Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 30:943-952.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Verdcourt, B.
1982. A revision of
Macrotyloma
(Leguminosae). Hooker's Icon. Pl. 38(4):33.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
ground-bean –
Reference(s)
Kersting's groundnut –
Reference(s)
French
lentille de terre –
Reference(s)
German
Erdbohne –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
2
Cultivated
Africa
Africa
c. & w.
Native
Africa
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
Cultivated
Africa
REGION:
Africa
(c. & w.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
potential as vegetable
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Name
References