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Taxon:  Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb.



Summary
Genus:
Macroptilium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Phaseolinae
Nomen number:
104905
Place of publication:
Symb. antill. 9:457. 1928
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Phaseolus atropurpureus DC.

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Reference(s)
  1. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  2. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Grobbelaar, N. et al. 1967. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 1. Publ. Univ. Pretoria ser. 2, 38:1-9.
  5. Hacker, J. B. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. 1990
  6. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  7. Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  9. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  10. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  11. Lewis, G. P. Legumes of Bahia. 1987
  12. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
  13. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  14. Maréchal, R. et al. 1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres Phaseolus et Vigna (Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:153.
  15. McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
  16. Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
  17. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  19. Radford, A. E. et al., eds. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. 1980-
  20. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  21. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  22. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:155.
  23. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  24. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
  25. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
atro –
purple-bean –
surple-bean –
French
siratro –
German
Purpurbohne –
Japanese Rōmaji
kurobana-tsuru-azuki –
Spanish
conchito –
Transcribed Chinese
zi hua da yi dou –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Environmentalsoil improver National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
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=104905. Accessed 18 April 2025.

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