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Centrosema pubescens
Centrosema pubescens
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- Bentham
- Cultivated
- C, forage, medicine
Common Names
- Ju ban dou (Pinyin)
- Centro (Australia)
- Flor de Pito
- Flor de Conchitas
- Choreque
- Gallinita (Costa Rica)
- Bejuco De Chivo
- Bejuco De Juventud
- Butterfly Pea
- Campanilla
- Caracucha
- Centro
- Centrosema Petite Feuille
- Choncho
- Choreque De Culebra
- Choreque Negro
- Chorque
- Conchitas
- Cowitch
- Cunha
- Fleur Languette
- Flor De Conchitas
- Flor De Pito
- Flor De Pito Blanco
- Frijol Cuchillo
- Jequirana
- Jetirana
- Patinho
- Pois Batard
- Pois Hallier
- Pois Razier
- Pois Sauvage
- Pois-pois Marron
- Snake Plant
- Tuche
- Vaillant Garcon
- Frijolito (Colombia)
Geographical Habitats
- Argentina
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Peru
- Suriname
- Venezuela
- Acre
- Amazonas
- Bahia
- Goiás
- Maranhão
- Minas Gerais
- Paraná
- Pará
- Paraiba
- Pernambuco
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rondonia
- Roraima - Brazil
- Cuba
- Hispaniola
- Jamaica
- Leeward Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Windward Islands
Natural Habitats
- Forest
- disturbed areas
- open areas
- scrubland
- coastal
- thickets
- shrubland
- pasture
- riverside
- montane areas
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Fruiting Times
Perennial herbaceous slightly woody twiner or trailer. Trifoliolate foliage ferrugineous-tomentose beneath with pubescent leaflets to 100mm long. Axillary solitary, paired or 70mm racemes of 40mm long white, green calyx, pink or pale purple flowers with hairy bracts, purple & green stripes on standard, occasionally yellowish or whitish with purple lines, standard 45mm wide, wings & keel shorter. Green pod to 200mm long x 6mm.
Naturalised in some places
Soil cover
Further References
- Mobot
- FOC
- Neotrop
- FB
- Mansfeld
- FOSi
- The Plant List 2
- CPC
- VOPR
- SAFIO
- Standley
- Kew
- Academia