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Centrosema sagittatum
Centrosema sagittatum
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- (Humbert & Bonpland ex Wildenow) Brandegee ex L. Riley.
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bahia
- Ceará
- Espirito Santo
- Goiás
- Minas Gerais
- Paraná
- Paraiba
- Pernambuco
- Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo - Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- S. Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Venezuela
Natural Habitats
- Forest
- woodland
- montane areas
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Fruiting Times
Mostly glabrous herbaceous twiner with glabrous branches & leaves. Leaflets wing-margined, winged petiole. Axillary inflorescences with bractlets to 8mm long of white & pale lilac striped flowers or pink or red flowers to 30mm long, calyx tube 6mm long, teeth 6mm long. Glabrous beaked legume 150mm x 8mm.
Further References
- Mobot
- Neotrop
- FB
- APDC
- The Plant List 2
- Botanicus
- FOPE
- Standley