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Psophocarpus scandens

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Endlicher) Verdcourt

Common Names

• M'pava-n'gumbi
• Lutete

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Comoros
• Congo
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Stream bed
• grassland
• wet valley

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Nov

Tuberous herbaceous sub-glabrous twiner with trifoliolate leaves glabrous both surfaces or slightly silky when young, leaflets 100mm x 100mm, racemes to 150mm long with glabrous bracteoles, fragrant blue flowers, standard greenish-white, calyx to 8mm, lilac corolla to 25mm, glabrous legume 75m x 7mm with wings to 4mm Also a white-flowered version

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• ILDIS