Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.

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Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

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Synonyms: Psoralea tetragonoloba L.
Common names: Cluster bean (English) Guar (English)
Description: Annual herb, up to 90 cm tall. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 1.5- 7 cm wide. Flowers in densely many-flowered racemes up to 2 cm long. Ovary densely strigose.
Notes: Specimen in SRGH
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Worldwide distribution: Ancient crop from India but unknown in the wild. Now widely cultivated in the tropics. Known from Mozambique Zambia and Zimbabwe in the FZ region.
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Image last updated: Friday 11 May 2007
Literature:

Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 217.

Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 2 - 3.

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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
African Plant Database: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Plants of the World Online: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Tropicos: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Wikipedia: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=167580, retrieved 29 March 2024

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