Summary
Place of publication:
Cat. hort. bot. bogor. 282. 1844
Verified:
09/14/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Corby, H. D. L. 1974. Systematic implications of nodulation among Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 9(2):301-329.
- Harder, D. K. 2000. Typification and new combinations in Abrus Adanson (Fabaceae, Faboideae, Abreae). Novon 10:124.
- Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Common names
English
licorice-root –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | | South America | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan, Chad
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangxi, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Naturalized
Southern 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=417167.
Accessed 2 May 2026.