Taxon:
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:403. 1825
Verified:
03/12/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
asparagus-pea – four-angle-bean – Goa-bean – princess-pea – winged-bean – French
pois carré – German
Goabohne – Japanese Rōmaji
hane-mi-sasage – shikaku-mame – Spanish
calamismis – Swedish
goaböna –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | cult. in tropics & subtropics |
6 | Other | | | | | origin possibly tropical Asia or Madagascar |
Cultivated
(cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Other
(origin possibly tropical Asia or Madagascar)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | potential as pulse | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:229. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Human food | vegetable | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:229. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |