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Clitoria racemosa

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Identification
Clitoria racemosa Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Clitoria amazonum
  • Clitoria flexuosa
  • Clitoria racemosa
  • Clitoria arborea

Flora

Entry for Vigna racemosa (G. Don) Hutch. & Dalz. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Vigna racemosa (G. Don) Hutch. & Dalz. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 1: 409 (1928); Kew Bull. 1929: 18; Bak. f. l.c. 409; Wilczek l.c. 370.
Clitoria racemosa G. Don [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1832)
Vigna donii Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in F.T.A2: 202 (1871)
Vigna luteola [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], of F.T.A2: 205, exclsyn
Vigna villosa Savi; Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Bot201; Bakfl.c401.
(?) v. glabra Savi; Chev. [family ], Bot201; Bakfl.c401.
Information
A fairly strongtwiner amongst grass or on trees, with flowers either bright blue or pink or purple-tinged, turning yellow.
Habitat
twiner amongst grass or on trees
Distribution
Sen. Berhaut 1321.Gam. Ingram! Mungo Park!Fr. Sud. Bamako (fl. & fr. Nov.) Waterlot 1432!Port. G. Bissau (fl. & fr. Oct., Nov.)S. L. Njala (fl.G. C. Bompata (Dec.) Dalz. 88! N. Agogo (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Chipp 619! Abetifi and Afram Plains (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Scholes 111!Togo Ho (fr. Nov.) A. S. Thomas K. 9! Yendi (fr. Nov.) Williams 414!N. Nig. Nupe Barter 1009! Lokoja Barter 1599! Onitsha Barter 1748! Dalz. 25! Parsons L. 65! L. 94! Sokoto (fr. Oct.) Dalz. 317! Kadaura (Sept.) Lely 59!S. Nig. Abeokuta Irving! Lagos (Oct.) Punch 37! MacGregor 294!
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Ubangi-Shari
Belgian Congo
Angola

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