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Taxon:  Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Eriosema
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Cajaninae
Nomen number:
15649
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 2:348. 1832
Verified:
03/09/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Crotalaria psoraleoides Lam.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eriosema cajanoides (Guill. & Perr.) Hook. f.
Rhynchosia cajanoides Guill. & Perr.
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Reference(s)
  1. Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
  2. Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Grobbelaar, N. et al. 1967. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 1. Publ. Univ. Pretoria ser. 2, 38:1-9.
  5. Jacques-Félix, H. 1971. Observations sur les especes du genre Eriosema de République centrafricaine, du Cameroun et d'Afrique occidentale. Adansonia sér. 2, 11:157.
  6. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  7. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  8. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfrica Africa  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
Native
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=15649. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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