Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Aeschynomene elaphroxylon (Guill. & Perr.) Taub.

Summary

Genus:

Aeschynomene

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Dalbergieae

Nomen number:

1605

Place of publication:

H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3):319. 1894

Verified:

10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Herminiera elaphroxylon Guill. & Perr.

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Reference(s)

Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Jeník, J. & J. Kubíkov. 1969. Root system of tropical trees. 3. The heterorhizis of Aeschynemone elaphroxylon (Guill. et Perr.) Taub. Preslia 41:220-226.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Klebahn, H. 1891. Über Wurzelanlagen unter Lenticellen bei Herminiera elaphroxylon und Solanum dulcamara. Nebst einem Anhang über die Wurzelknöllchen der ersteren. Flora 74:125-139.
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Verdcourt, B. 1974. Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca. Kirkia 9:393.

Common names

English
ambatch –
German
Ambatsch –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa		Africa
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northern Africa	Egypt
2	Cultivated	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Java
2	Cultivated	Southern America		South America

Native
Africa

REGION: Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Cultivated
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt

Asia-Tropical

MALESIA: Indonesia [Java]

Southern America

REGION: South America

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=1605. Accessed 2 May 2026.