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Rhynchosia minima

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle

Common Names

• Xiao lu huo (Pinyin)
• Guasi (Venezuela)
• Frijolillo
• Habilla
• Taw-pe (Myanmar)
• Alcarretillo
• Baunhran
• Bejuco Culebra
• Bejuco Silvestre
• Bejuco-frijolillo
• Bejuquillo
• Burn Mouth Vine
• Choncho
• Favinha Brava De Uma Cor
• Feijao
• Feijao De Adubo
• Feijaozinho
• Frijillilo Silvestre
• Frijolillo Silvestre
• Frijolito
• Frijollil

Geographical Habitats

• Pantropical

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• disturbed areas
• floodplain forest
• coastal scrubland
• pine woods
• shrubland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• All year (Nicaragua)
• Jul (USA)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Nicaragua)

Sparsely pubescent or glabrous slender non-woody twining, trailing or prostrate annual or pernnial herb. Shortly tomentose trifoliolate coriaceous foliage, central leaflet 40mm x 25mm glabrous or white-pubescent above, glabrous or pubescent beneath with minute orange resinous dots, angular pubescent stems. 125mm axillary 5-15 flowered racemes with deciduous bracts & bracteoles, of 10mm brownish outside yellow within flowers to 6mm long, calyx to 5mm, yellow corolla to 10mm, purple-veined standard 5mm long with short claw, wings to 5.5mm long with resinous dots, bright yellow keel petals. Tomentose or glabrescent minutely villous falcate mucronate pod to 35mm long x 6mm

Further References

• Mobot
• FOH
• FOC
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• JDH
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• VOPR
• USNH
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• JAA
• Smithsonian
• FOSEUS
• FOPE
• SAFIO