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Clitoria falcata Lam.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Clitoria L.

Clitoria falcata Lam. [Preferred name]
    Clitoria cearensis Huber {Synonym}
    Clitoria glycinoides DC. {Synonym}
    Clitoria tetragona DC. {Synonym}
    Clitoria tetragona Vahl {Synonym}
    Crotalaria elliptica Poir. {Synonym}
    Galactia tetragona Poir. {Synonym}
    Martia brasiliensis Steud. {Synonym}
    Martia physodes Leandro {Synonym}
    Martiusia physalodes Schult. {Synonym}
    Martiusia rubiginosa (Pers.)Britton {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum argenteum Duchass. & Walp. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum ellipticum Desv. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum falcatum (Lam.)DC. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum glycinoides (DC.)Desv. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum rubiginosum (Pers.)Desv. {Synonym}
    Neurocarpum villosum Desv. {Synonym}
    Ternatea glycinoides (DC.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Ternatea rubiginosa (Pers.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Espelina Falsa [2922]; Muzgil [2922]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8, 2946]; Guinea Bissau (I) [270]; Liberia (I) [270, 2946]; Nigeria (I) [270, 2946]; Senegal (I) [212]; Sierra Leone (I) [270]; Tanzania (I) [210]
  Asia
Indonesia (I) [3898, 3926]; Jawa (N) [3898, 3926]; Taiwan (I) [2927]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1243, 1430, 1470]; Cuba (N) [2928]; Dominican Republic (N) [2928]; Guadeloupe (N) [2928]; Haiti (N) [2928]; Jamaica (N) [2928]; Martinique (N) [2928]; Puerto Rico (N) [2928]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [2922]
  Central America
Belize (N) [270, 2945]; Costa Rica (N) [2945, 2946]; El Salvador (N) [2945]; Guatemala (N) [2922, 2945]; Honduras (N) [2945]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1470, 2945]; Nayarit [2945]; Oaxaca [2945]; San Luis Potosi [2945]; Veracruz [2945]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1117, 1188, 2945]; Chiapas [2945]; Tabasco [2945]; Yucatan [2945]; Nicaragua (N) [2945, 2946, 3348]; Panama (N) [1221, 1224, 1243, 2945]
  South America
Brazil (N) [1414, 2922, 2928, 2946]; Acre [2922]; Amapa [2922]; Amazonas [2922]; Bahia [2922]; Ceara [2922]; Goias [2922]; Mato Grosso [2922]; Minas Gerais [2922]; Para [2922]; Parana [2922]; Rio De Janeiro [2922]; Rio Grande do Sul [2922]; Santa Catarina [2922]; Sao Paulo [2922]; Colombia (N) [2922]; Ecuador (N) [2922]; French Guiana (N) [2285, 2947]; Guyana (N) [2285, 2947]; Paraguay (N) [2931]; Peru (N) [2090, 2928, 2931]; Surinam (N) [2285, 2947]; Venezuela (N) [2931]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1243, 1414, 1470, 1790, 2157, 2928, 2946, 3348, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2922]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1999 Fantz PR ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [2924]; Forage [2924]; Medicine [2924]; Toxins [2924]

  
NOTES:
  Clitoria falcata Lam.: Synonym [03/24/04 09:20] [3926]
  Clitoria rubiginosa Pers.: Accepted [03/24/04 09:20] [261]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

270.

  Verdcourt, B., 1970
    Kew Bull.24:235-307. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: II

1117.

  Breedlove, D.E., 1986
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

1188.

  Cowan, C.P., 1983
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 1:47-61 Flora de Tabasco

1221.

  Croat, T.B., 1974
    Phytologia 29(2):130-134 Notes on Clitoria in Panama

1243.

  Dwyer, J.D. et al., 1980
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.67(3):523-818 ...Papilionoideae

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1470.

  McVaugh, R., 1987
    Flora Novo-Galiciana 5:1-786. Leguminosae

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

2090.

  Zarucchi, J.L., 1993
    Monogr.Syst.Bot.Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:44-527.Cata.Fl.Pl.Gym

2157.

  Liogier, A.H., 1985
    La Flore de la Espanola.III

2285.

  Boggan, V. et al., 1993
    Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ.Guyana. Georgetown.

2922.

  Fantz, P.R., 1978
    Dissertation Abstracts Int.38(11). Monograph of Clitoria

2924.

  Fantz, P.R., 1992
    J.Econ.Bot.45(4):511-520.Ethnobotany of Clitoria in SE Asia.

2927.

  Fantz, P.R., 1995
    Sida 16(4):721-730.Taxonomic notes on new vars of...Clitoria

2928.

  Fantz, P.R., 1990
    Moscosoa 6:152-166. Clitoria Antillarum

2931.

  Fantz, P.R., 1999
    In Steyermark,J.et al.Flora of Venezuelan Guyana Vol 5

2945.

  Fantz, P.R.(in press), 0
    Clitoria/Barbieria. In Flora Mesoamerica

2946.

  Fantz, P.R., 2001
    In D.W.Stevens(ed.)Flora de Nicaragua.Missouri Bot.Monogr.85

2947.

  Fantz, P.R.(in press), 0
    In Utrecht(ed.)Flora of the Guianas

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3926.

  Fantz, P.R., 2000
    Pers.comm.
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