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Calopogonium galactioides

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

(Kunth) Bentham ex Hemsley

Conservation Status

Least concern

Common Names

• Frijolillo (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Distrito Federal
• Minas Gerais - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Shrubby woodland
• second growth
• forest
• montane areas
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Dec

Small hairy twining herbaceous vine, branches with retrograde pili. Mucronate ternate leaflets to 60mm x 25mm glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Axillary racemes to 8 flowers, white, violet or blue flowers to 8mm long, 5 purple-blue petals white at base. Hairy green fruit maturing brown 40mm x 8mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• SAFIO
• Standley
• NGSP