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Galactia jussiaeana

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Kunth

Conservation Status

Endangered

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Pará
• Piaui
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• SE. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Mar (Cuba)

Fruiting Times

• May (Cuba)

Prostrate or sometimes climbing tomentose subshrub. 5-foliate leaves, leaves puberulous above, grey-villous on veins beneath. Few-flowered racemes with axillary pale blue to dark reddish-violet flowers, standard 10mm long, calyx to 8mm long. Tomentose legume 75mm x 7mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• APDC
• The Plant List 2, CPC
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• FOPE
• SAFIO