Summary
Verified:
07/22/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Smith, R. S. et al. 1988. Rhizobia inoculants for various leguminous species. Techn. Bull. Nitragin Co. 102:1-8.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- Verdcourt, B. 1982. A revision of Macrotyloma (Leguminosae). Hooker's Icon. Pl. 38(4):38.
Common names
English
horse gram – Madras gram – French
dolic biflore – German
Pferdebohne – India
kulthi – Portuguese
faveira – Spanish
frijol verde –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Africa
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Nepal, Pakistan
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Verdcourt, B. 1996. (1226) Proposal to reject the name Dolichos pubescens L. (Leguminosae). Taxon 45:330. |
Environmental | soil improver | | Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981 |
Human food | pulse | | Verdcourt, B. 1996. (1226) Proposal to reject the name Dolichos pubescens L. (Leguminosae). Taxon 45:330. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=425415.
Accessed 5 October 2024.