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Calopogonium mucunoides, the Glossary

Index Calopogonium mucunoides

Calopogonium mucunoides, called calopo and wild ground nut, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the New World Tropics, and introduced as a forage crop and a green manure to the tropics of Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 3 relations: Fabaceae, Green manure, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux.

  2. Flora of the Leeward Islands
  3. Flora of the Windward Islands

Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published:....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill.);...

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Green manure

In agriculture, a green manure is a crop specifically cultivated to be incorporated into the soil while still green.

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Nicaise Auguste Desvaux

Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (28 August 1784 – 12 July 1856) was a French botanist.

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See also

Flora of the Leeward Islands

Flora of the Windward Islands

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calopogonium_mucunoides

Also known as Calopogonium brachycarpum, Calopogonium flavidum, Calopogonium orthocarpum, Stenolobium brachycarpum.