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Galactia dubia

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
• Hispaniola
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands - USA

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• coastal
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan-Oct (Puerto Rico)
• Mar-May (Guadeloupe)
• Dec (St Thomas)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-May (Puerto Rico)
• Dec (St Thomas)

Non-woody pilose or strigose-stemmed twining herb or shrub. Trifoliolate leaves, leaflets to 40mm x 20mm, Glabrous, puberulent or pubescent above, strigose or pubescent beneath. Axillary pseudo-racemes to 50mm long, pilose toothed calyx to 9mm long, pale pink, white or lavender corolla, standard to 15mm x 10mm greenish at base, claw to 1.5mm long, wings to 12mm & keel to 14.4mm x 5mm. Pubescent falcate legume 60mm x 6mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• Gleason & Moldenke
• SAFIO
• APDC