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Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. & C.Fraser

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Castanospermum A.Cunn.

Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. & C.Fraser [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Australian Chestnut [1587]; Black Bean [3030]; Chataigne de la Nouv. Hollande [1915]; Chataignier d'Australie [1915]; Moreton Bay Chestnut [261, 1587, 1915, 2968]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [210]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Uganda (I) [210]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3027, 3382, 3618, 3674]; Karnataka [1914]; Kerala [3674]; Punjab [3382]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3618]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1587]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [261, 1880, 1915, 2968]; New South Wales [1880]; Queensland [1880]; New Caledonia (N) [2159, 2968]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]; Society Is (I) [2968]; Vanuatu (N) [2159, 2968]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1587, 1915, 1938, 3898] ; Illustration [261, 3618]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Tree [261] [1915] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1915] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean

  
USES:
  Environmental [210, 1587, 1938, 2968, 3898]; Food and Drink [1587, 3030]; Miscellaneous [1587, 1914]; Toxins [3030]; Wood [3030]

  
NOTES:
  Probably introduced during the earilest days of European settlement. [261]
  Native of Australia. [3898]

  
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

261.

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

1587.

  Rudd, V.E., 1980
    A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 1:428-458 Fabaceae

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

2159.

  Wiersema, J.H. et al., 1990
    Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull.1757

2265.

  Horn, P.E., 1988
    Herbarium References

2968.

  Welsh, S.L., 1998
    Flora Societensis

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3382.

  Parker, R.N., 1918
    Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi

3618.

  Benthall, A.P., 1946
    The trees of Calcutta. Calcutta.

3674.

  Sasidharan, N. & Sivarajan, V.V., 1996
    Flowering plants of Thrissur Forest...Kerala,India. Jodhpur.

3898.

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