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Psophocarpus palustris

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Desvaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Togo

Natural Habitats

• In water
• seasonally flooded areas

Flowering Times

• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Glabrous twiner with racemes, white standard, bluish inside, wings & keel blue, winged pod to 100mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS