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Taxon:  Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.



Summary
Genus:
Cyamopsis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Indigofereae
Nomen number:
12701
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3):259. 1894
Verified:
02/19/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
459 (448  active, 438  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Psoralea tetragonoloba L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cyamopsis psoralioides (Lam.) DC., orth. var.
Cyamopsis psoraloides (Lam.) DC.
Dolichos psoraloides Lam.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Calcutta-lucerne –
cluster-bean –
guar –
guar-bean –
Siam-bean –
French
cyamopse à quatre ailes –
Swedish
guarböna –
Transcribed Chinese
gua er dou –
Distribution
Cultivated ()
Other ()
Economic Uses
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://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12701. Accessed 17 April 2025.

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