Entry for Macroptilium atropurpureum Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Urb. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 5, (2001) Author: B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt
Names
Macroptilium atropurpureum Moç. & Sessé ex DC. Urb. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Symb. Antill. 9: 457 (1928). —Verdcourt, Man. New Guinea Leg.: 505 (1979). —Lock, Leg. Afr. Check-list: 415 (1989). Type from Mexico.
Phaseolus atropurpureus DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Prodr. 2: 395 (1825).
Notes
There are a number of records from experimental stations, e.g. Zambia, Mt. Makulu Research Station, fl. & fr. 27.ii.1968, Fanshawe 10298 (K; NDO); Zimbabwe, Marondera (Marandellas), Grassland Research Station, fl. 10.iii.1961, Corby 962 (K; SRGH); Malawi, Lilongwe, Agricultural Research Station, fl. & fr. 11.iii.1966, Salubeni 429 (K).