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Phaseolus augustii

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Harms

Common Names

• Poroto Cholo Negro. Poroto Cholo
• Poroto Torta
• Poroto Bola
• Guillu (Quichua)

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Dry valleys
• rocky slopes
• shrublands
• grasslands.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous annual pilose twining vine. Trifoliate leaves, leaflets glabrous above & pilose beneath to 60mm x 50mm. Racemes to 200mm+ with bracts to 7mm long, deep purple & pink flower with contorted purple lip, puberulent calyx to 4.5mm long, standard to 11mm long, wings to 15mm long lilac becoming yellow-brown, spiraled keel. Lightly falcate villous pods to 50mm x 9mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOPE