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Taxon:  Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.



Summary
Genus:
Psophocarpus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
30222
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:403. 1825
Verified:
03/12/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
170 (122  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dolichos tetragonolobus L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Botor tetragonolobus (L.) Kuntze

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  3. Cubero, J. I. & M. T. Moreno, dirs. Leguminosas de grano. 1983
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  5. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  10. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  13. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:229.
  14. Thompstone, E. & A. M. Sawyer. 1914. The peas and beans of Burma. Bull. Dept. Agric. Burma 12:1-107.
  15. Verdcourt, B. & P. Halliday. 1978. A revision of Psophocarpus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Phaseoleae). Kew Bull. 33:196.
  16. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
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  19. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
asparagus-pea –
four-angle-bean –
Goa-bean –
princess-pea –
winged-bean –
French
pois carré –
German
Goabohne –
Japanese Rōmaji
hane-mi-sasage –
shikaku-mame –
Spanish
calamismis –
Swedish
goaböna –
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=30222. Accessed 10 April 2025.

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