Summary
Place of publication:
Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 180:1522. 1925
Verified:
01/27/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
- Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
- Barbosa, C. 1994. Contribución al conocimiento de las leguminosas Colombianas. I. La tribu Galegeae (Brown) Torrey & Gray, 1838 sensu lato. Trianea 5:59.
- Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
- Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 8:490-495.
- Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
- Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
- McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
- Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
- Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. Flora of Suriname. 1932-
- Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970
- Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
- Wood, C. E. 1949. The American barbistyled species of Tephrosia (Leguminosae). Rhodora 51:249.
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
Spanish
cube – yarroconalli – Spanish (Colombia)
timbo – Spanish (Peru)
barbasco –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | Darien | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | Panama | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Cauca | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Meta | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Putumayo | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | Tolima | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Esmeraldas | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Los Rios | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pastaza | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Sucumbios | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ayacucho | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huanuco | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Junin | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Dominican Republic
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MESOAMERICA:
Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama [Darien, Panama], El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia [Cauca, Meta, Putumayo, Tolima], Ecuador [Esmeraldas, Los Rios, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios], Peru [Ayacucho, Huanuco, Junin]
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | erosion control | | Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989 |
| Non-vertebrate poisons | plant pest control | | Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 8:490-495. |
| Vertebrate poisons | fish | | Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 8:490-495. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=80177.
Accessed 2 May 2026.