Summary
Place of publication:
Comm. legum. gen. 55. 1837 (Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2:119. 1839)
Comment:
- replaces C. pubescens of most authors (auct. pl.), recently (1996) typified on element equal to C. schiedeana (Schltr.) R. J. Williams & R. J. Clements, if the former name is not conserved with a new type
- since the conservation proposal to accomplish this has now been withdrawn, proving to be unpopular with some agricultural scientists, the name C. molle must now be taken up for centro
- ascribed to "Mart. MSS." by Bentham
Verified:
08/08/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Fantz, P. R. 1996. Taxonomic notes on the Centrosema pubescens Bentham complex in Central America (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae: Clitoriinae). Sida 17:321-332.
- Funk, V. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007
- Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003-
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
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- Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. & J. H. Wiersema. 2005. (1681) Proposal to conserve the name Centrosema pubescens (Fabaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 54:209-210.
- Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
- Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). 2001
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
- Zhu, X. Y. et al. Legumes of China: a checklist. 2007
Common names
English
butterfly-pea – centro – spurred butterfly-pea – French
fleur-languette – pois bâtard – Indonesian
sentro – Spanish
frijol cuchillo – gallinita – patillo – Transcribed Chinese
ju ban dou –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Acre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Alagoas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Ceara | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Goias | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhao | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Para | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraiba | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Parana | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Pernambuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Piaui | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondonia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Sao Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | El Oro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Esmeraldas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Los Rios | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cajamarca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Lima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | San Martin | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ucayali | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Liberia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Sao Tome and Principe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Brunei Darussalam | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Christmas Island | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Singapore | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
2 | Cultivated | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Guam | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Tabasco, Veracruz]
Southern America
-
BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rondonia, Sao Paulo]
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines
-
MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador [El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Loja, Los Rios], Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Lima, San Martin, Ucayali]
Cultivated
Africa
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
-
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
-
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
-
MALESIA:
Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Pacific
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Guam
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, Solomon Islands
Naturalized
Africa
-
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Tropical
-
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
-
MALESIA:
Papua New Guinea
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Pacific
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Guam
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:86-88. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Fantz, P. R. 1993. Revising the classification of cultivated Centrosema and Clitoria in the United States. HortScience 28:675. |
Environmental | soil improver | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:86-88. |
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=427084.
Accessed 5 October 2024.