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Taxon:  Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.) DC.



Summary
Genus:
Rhynchosia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Cajaninae
Nomen number:
31760
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:388. 1825
Verified:
03/09/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
14 (14  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.) DC. var. elongatifolia Verdc. (0 active accession[s])
Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.) DC. var. fenchelii (1 active accession[s])
Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.) DC. var. totta (1 active accession[s])
Rhynchosia totta (Thunb.) DC. var. venulosa (Hiern) Verdc. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhynchosia elegantissima Schinz
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Reference(s)
  1. Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13. 1984
  2. Compton, R. H. The flora of Swaziland. 1976
  3. 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.
  4. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  5. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  6. Merxmüller, H., ed. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. 1966-1972
  7. Ross, J. The flora of Natal. 1972
  8. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  9. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  10. Wickens, G. E. The flora of Jebel Marra (Sudan Republic) and its geographical affinities. 1976
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Niger
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
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=31760. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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