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Rhynchosia edulis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Grisebach

Common Names

• Chihuahuan Snoutbean

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• S. Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Arizona - USA
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• pasture
• remnant woodland
• hedgerows

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (Nicaragua)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Oct (Nicaragua)

Slender herbaceous twiner with densely pilose stems. 3-foliolate or pinnate leaves, densely pubescent leaflets to 50mm x 40mm. Many-flowered racemes to 100mm long, 10mm yellow or orange-yellow flowers with red stripes, calyx 5mm long, corolla to 9mm long. Hispid brown fruit to 20mm x 7.5mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• USDA
• FOPE
• Standley