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Taxon:  Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston



Summary
Genus:
Stylosanthes
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Dalbergieae
Nomen number:
35875
Place of publication:
Trimen, Handb. fl. Ceylon 6:77. 1931
Verified:
03/15/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
119 (119  active, 95  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Arachis fruticosa Retz.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Stylosanthes mucronata Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Stylosanthes bojeri Vogel
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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. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. Conspectus florae angolensis. 1937-
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. Flora da Guine Portuguesa. 1971-1973
  6. Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
  7. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  8. Mohlenbrock, R. H. 1963. Further considerations in Stylosanthes (Leguminosae). Rhodora 65:247.
  9. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
  10. Sanjappa, M. Legumes of India. 1992
  11. 't Mannetje, L. 1984. Considerations on the taxonomy of the genus Stylosanthes. The biology and agronomy of Stylosanthes. 1984 7.
  12. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
  13. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  14. University of Pretoria. 1955. Annual Report on the research activities of the Plant Physiological Research Institute. 45 pp.
  15. Verdcourt, B. 1970. Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoideae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': I. Kew Bull. 24:59.
  16. Verdcourt, B. 1974. Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca. Kirkia 9:493.
  17. Williams, R. J. et al. 1984. Natural distribution of Stylosanthes. The biology and agronomy of Stylosanthes. 1984 94.
  18. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
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 AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCote D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
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=35875. Accessed 3 September 2025.


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